Xanthoparmelia tinctina is a species of foliose lichen from the family Parmeliaceae that can be found in Arizona, California, Northern Africa and Europe. The upper surface is yellow–green, while the bottom surface is brown and flat, measuring 0.2–0.6 millimetres (0.0079–0.0236 in) in diameter. The apothecia are 2–10 millimetres (0.08–0.39 in) wide, the thallus is laminal and is 3–10 centimetres (1–4 in) in diameter. The disc is either cinnamon-brown or dark brown and is ellipsoided. The pycnidia are immersed, and the conidia are bifusiform, with eight-spored asci that are hyaline and ellipsoid.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Xanthoparmelia tinctina being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Xanthoparmelia plittii
- Xanthoparmelia cumberlandia
- Xanthoparmelia conspersa
- Xanthoparmelia stenophylla
- Flavoparmelia haysomii
- Xanthoparmelia scabrosa
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Class
- Lecanoromycetes
- Order
- Lecanorales
- Family
- Parmeliaceae
- Genus
- Xanthoparmelia
- Species
- Xanthoparmelia tinctina
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