Evelyn's Buttons

Buellia sharpiana Lendemer & R.C.Harris

Edibility

Edibility unknown — do not eat

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Lookalikes

No lookalikes are recorded for this species yet. That does not mean there are none. Many mushrooms look alike, so never rely on appearance alone.

Season

When this species has been recorded, by month, from open-licensed US and Canada observations. It shows when people report it, not a guarantee it is fruiting.

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Recorded observations of Evelyn's Buttons by month
Month	Records
January	0
February	0
March	0
April	0
May	0
June	0
July	0
August	0
September	3
October	3
November	0
December	0

Where it is found

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Tennessee 6 records · Foraging rules

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About

Buellia sharpiana is a species of crustose lichen in the family Physciaceae. It was formally described as a new species in 2013 by lichenologists James Lendemer and Richard C. Harris. The type specimen was collected from the summit area of Mount Le Conte at an altitude of 6,300 ft (1,900 m). The specific epithet sharpiana honors Evelyn Bunches Sharp, wife of bryologist Aaron J. Sharp. The Sharps collected samples for the cryptogamic herbarium at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, especially after the original collection was destroyed by a fire in 1998. In 2020, the lichen was assessed as a vulnerable species by the IUCN.

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