Placopsis lambii is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Trapeliaceae. It was formally described as a new species in 1987 by lichenologists Hannes Hertel and Volkmar Wirth. The species epithet lambii honours polar explorer and lichenologist Elke Mackenzie (formerly Lamb). In North America, one vernacular name for the lichen is pink bull's-eye lichen.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Placopsis lambii 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.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Class
- Lecanoromycetes
- Order
- Trapeliales
- Family
- Trapeliaceae
- Genus
- Placopsis
- Species
- Placopsis lambii
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