Igneoplaca is a genus in the subfamily Xanthorioideae of the family Teloschistaceae. It contains a single species, the crustose lichen Igneoplaca ignea.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Flame Firedot Lichen 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
- Rusavskia elegans
- Xanthomendoza trachyphylla
- Calogaya saxicola
- Squamulea subsoluta
- Rusavskia sorediata
- Acarospora stapfiana
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Class
- Lecanoromycetes
- Order
- Teloschistales
- Family
- Teloschistaceae
- Genus
- Polycauliona
- Species
- Polycauliona ignea
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