Brown-gray Moss-shingle Lichen

Protopannaria pezizoides, the gray moss-shingle, is a species of squamulose lichen in the family Pannariaceae. It was first described scientifically by the German botanist Georg Heinrich Weber in 1778. It has a long and complex taxonomic history, and has an extensive synonymy. It was transferred to the genus Protopannaria by Per Magnus Jørgensen and Stefan Ekman in 2000; it was assigned as the type species of the genus. Protopannaria pezizoides is widespread, with a continental distribution that includes Africa, Asia, North America, and Oceania.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Brown-gray Moss-shingle 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

• Fuscopannaria leucosticta
• Fuscopannaria pacifica
• Fuscopannaria maritima
• Vahliella leucophaea
• Pannaria rubiginosa

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Ascomycota

Class

Lecanoromycetes

Order

Peltigerales

Family

Pannariaceae

Genus

Protopannaria

Species

Protopannaria pezizoides

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