Bumpy Rim-lichen
Lecanora hybocarpa (Tuck.) Brodo
Also called: rim lichen
Edibility
Edibility unknown — do not eat
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Photos
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Photo: Bethany Teigen. CC0. 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 | 80 |
| February | 59 |
| March | 207 |
| April | 284 |
| May | 302 |
| June | 167 |
| July | 173 |
| August | 162 |
| September | 139 |
| October | 301 |
| November | 153 |
| December | 210 |
Where it is found
States and provinces with the most records. Check the foraging rules for the place you plan to visit.
- North Carolina 359 records · Foraging rules
- Missouri 174 records · Foraging rules
- Tennessee 145 records · Foraging rules
- Georgia 140 records · Foraging rules
- Louisiana 122 records · Foraging rules
- Virginia 113 records · Foraging rules
- Arkansas 111 records · Foraging rules
- New Jersey 110 records · Foraging rules
- Alabama 109 records · Foraging rules
- Maryland 91 records · Foraging rules
- Maine 59 records · Foraging rules
- Kansas 54 records · Foraging rules
- South Carolina 54 records · Foraging rules
- Massachusetts 46 records · Foraging rules
- British Columbia 41 records · Foraging rules
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- Kentucky40 records
- Iowa39 records
- Texas39 records
- Oklahoma36 records
- Minnesota35 records
- Florida35 records
- Delaware31 records
- Ontario28 records
- Michigan23 records
- Ohio23 records
- Connecticut21 records
- Pennsylvania19 records
- Wisconsin18 records
- Illinois18 records
- West Virginia18 records
- New York17 records
- Idaho10 records
- Indiana10 records
- Mississippi10 records
- South Dakota9 records
- North Dakota9 records
- New Brunswick9 records
- Oregon8 records
- California7 records
- New Hampshire7 records
- Vermont7 records
- Quebec6 records
- Washington6 records
- Nebraska4 records
- Rhode Island4 records
- New Mexico2 records
- Newfoundland and Labrador2 records
- Nova Scotia2 records
- Prince Edward Island2 records
- Alaska1 records
- Colorado1 records
- District of Columbia1 records
- Manitoba1 records
- Montana1 records
- Nunavut1 records
- Saskatchewan1 records
About
Lecanora hybocarpa is a species of crustose lichen in the family Lecanoraceae. Originally described in 1849 as a species of Parmelia, it was transferred to Lecanora in 1984 by Irwin Brodo. A 2025 study reassessed material identified as Lecanora hybocarpa in Europe and Macaronesia by comparing those specimens with North American collections using morphology, thin-layer chromatography, and DNA sequence data (nrITS and mtSSU). The authors concluded that true L. hybocarpa has not yet been confirmed in Europe. Instead, European specimens matching the same general morphology represent several distinct taxa, including L. sinuosa and three species newly described in that study (L. cryptosinuosa, L. macaronesica, and L. subsinuosa). The same work reported L. pseudargentata in Europe for the first time and recommended DNA sequencing for reliable identification within this complex, suggesting the informal aggregate name Lecanora hybocarpa agg. for specimens with the "hybocarpa" morphotype that have not been verified with DNA.
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