Scytinium lichenoides, the tattered jellyskin, is a species of lichen in the family Collemataceae. Originally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753 as Tremella lichenoides, the species has undergone several taxonomic revisions and was transferred to the genus Scytinium in 2013 following molecular phylogenetics studies. It is characterised by its distinctive fringed appearance, with lobe margins bearing numerous small cylindrical outgrowths that give the lichen a tattered look. The species shows a preference for base-rich substrates and typically grows among moss cushions on rock or thin soil over rock in moist conditions.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Tattered Jellyskin 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
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Class
- Lecanoromycetes
- Order
- Peltigerales
- Family
- Collemataceae
- Genus
- Scytinium
- Species
- Scytinium lichenoides
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