Parmotrema crinitum (Ach.) M.Choisy is a fungus in the Parmeliaceae family, order Lecanorales, kingdom Fungi. Not known to be toxic.
Parmotrema crinitum (Ach.) M.Choisy
Parmotrema crinitum, the salted ruffle lichen, is a bark-dwelling foliose lichen in Parmeliaceae, first described in 1814.
Parmotrema crinitum, commonly known as the salted ruffle lichen, is a corticolous (bark-dwelling) foliose lichen that belongs to the family Parmeliaceae. Swedish lichenologist Erik Acharius first formally described it as a new species in 1814 under the name Parmelia crinita. Maurice Choisy moved the species to the genus Parmotrema in 1952, giving it its current scientific name Parmotrema crinitum (Ach.) M.Choisy.
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Pseudevernia consocians (Vainio) Hale & W.L.Culb.
Hypotrachyna revoluta (Flörke) Hale
Cetraria arenaria Kärnef.
Usnea rubicunda Stirt.
Usnea trichodea Ach.
Menegazzia subsimilis (H.Magn.) R.Sant.
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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