Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Christmas 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.
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Class
- Arthoniomycetes
- Order
- Arthoniales
- Family
- Arthoniaceae
- Genus
- Herpothallon
- Species
- Herpothallon rubrocinctum
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