Speckled Greenshield
Flavopunctelia flaventior (Stirt.) Hale
Also called: Speckled Greenshield Lichen, flavopunctelia lichen
Edibility
Edibility unknown — do not eat
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Photos
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Photo: Liren Varghese. CC-BY. Source (inaturalist)
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.
The highlighted bar is the current month.
View season data as a table
| Month | Records |
|---|---|
| January | 83 |
| February | 58 |
| March | 93 |
| April | 145 |
| May | 180 |
| June | 297 |
| July | 512 |
| August | 304 |
| September | 170 |
| October | 130 |
| November | 46 |
| December | 60 |
Where it is found
States and provinces with the most records. Check the foraging rules for the place you plan to visit.
- Minnesota 478 records · Foraging rules
- California 432 records · Foraging rules
- Wisconsin 146 records · Foraging rules
- Michigan 117 records · Foraging rules
- New Mexico 104 records · Foraging rules
- Ontario 94 records · Foraging rules
- North Dakota 88 records · Foraging rules
- Virginia 83 records · Foraging rules
- West Virginia 81 records · Foraging rules
- Hawaii 53 records · Foraging rules
- Arizona 53 records · Foraging rules
- Manitoba 52 records · Foraging rules
- North Carolina 44 records · Foraging rules
- Colorado 43 records · Foraging rules
- Texas 43 records · Foraging rules
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- South Dakota34 records
- Alberta29 records
- Pennsylvania23 records
- Tennessee16 records
- British Columbia10 records
- Maryland10 records
- New York9 records
- Quebec8 records
- Nebraska7 records
- Saskatchewan7 records
- Iowa6 records
- Kentucky5 records
- Oregon5 records
- Vermont5 records
- Washington5 records
- Illinois4 records
- Indiana4 records
- Massachusetts4 records
- New Jersey4 records
- Idaho3 records
- Georgia2 records
- Nova Scotia2 records
- Ohio2 records
- Wyoming2 records
- Connecticut1 records
- Maine1 records
- New Brunswick1 records
- Northwest Territories1 records
About
Flavopunctelia flaventior is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It was first formally described as a new species by James Stirton in 1877 as Parmelia flaventior. In 1982, Hildur Krog transferred it to the subgenus Flavopunctelia of her newly circumscribed genus Punctelia, created to contain Parmelia species with punctate (point-like) pseudocyphellae. Mason Hale raised this subgenus to generic status a couple of years later, setting Flavopunctelia flaventior as the type species of the new genus. The lichen is commonly known as the speckled greenshield. Flavopunctelia flaventior occurs in Asia, Europe, East Africa, North America, and South America. In Nepal, Flavopunctelia flaventior has been reported from 2,250 to 2,800 m elevation in a compilation of published records.
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