Lobaria macaronesica is a species of foliose lichen in the family Peltigeraceae. Found in Macaronesia, it was formally described as a new species in 2010 by Carolina Cornejo and Christoph Scheidegger. The type specimen was collected on Madeira (Portugal), south of the Ribeira da Janela, at an elevation of 1,225 m (4,019 ft).
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Lobaria macaronesica 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
- Lobaria pulmonaria
- Lobaria linita
- Pseudocyphellaria carpoloma
- Pseudocyphellaria faveolata
- Pseudocyphellaria billardierei
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Class
- Lecanoromycetes
- Order
- Peltigerales
- Family
- Lobariaceae
- Genus
- Lobaria
- Species
- Lobaria macaronesica
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