Degelia plumbea (also called blue felt lichen) is a species of grey to blue-black or brown foliose lichen in the genus Degelia. It mostly grows on trees in undisturbed woodlands but occasionally on coastal rocks. It is found widely in Britain and western Ireland as well as in America and Canada, as it grows in maritime Atlantic climates.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Blue Felt 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
- Pectenia cyanoloma
- Pannaria rubiginosa
- Pannaria lurida
- Fuscopannaria leucosticta
- Lepidocollema marianum
- Pectenia atlantica
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Class
- Lecanoromycetes
- Order
- Peltigerales
- Family
- Pannariaceae
- Genus
- Pectenia
- Species
- Pectenia plumbea
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