Desert Firedot Lichen

Golubkovia is a single-species fungal genus in the family Teloschistaceae. It contains the species Golubkovia trachyphylla, a rock-dwelling lichen that is found in Asia and North America. This crustose lichen has a yellow-orange thallus that is placodioid in form (i.e., comprising lobes that radiate out from a centre).

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Desert 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

• Polycauliona ignea
• Calogaya saxicola
• Acarospora stapfiana
• Variospora thallincola
• Rusavskia elegans
• Caloplaca eugyra

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Ascomycota

Class

Lecanoromycetes

Order

Teloschistales

Family

Teloschistaceae

Genus

Xanthomendoza

Species

Xanthomendoza trachyphylla

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