Pear Tar-spot Lichen
Placynthiella uliginosa (Schrad.) Coppins & P.James
Also called: Peat Tar-spot Lichen, placynthiella lichen
Edibility
Edibility unknown — do not eat
Never eat a wild mushroom based on this site or any app.
Photos
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Photo: Barry Stewart. 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 | 21 |
| February | 8 |
| March | 20 |
| April | 52 |
| May | 73 |
| June | 117 |
| July | 208 |
| August | 141 |
| September | 62 |
| October | 25 |
| November | 5 |
| December | 6 |
Where it is found
States and provinces with the most records. Check the foraging rules for the place you plan to visit.
- Minnesota 127 records · Foraging rules
- New Jersey 62 records · Foraging rules
- Massachusetts 44 records · Foraging rules
- British Columbia 38 records · Foraging rules
- New York 38 records · Foraging rules
- Quebec 32 records · Foraging rules
- Maine 29 records · Foraging rules
- Michigan 27 records · Foraging rules
- Ontario 27 records · Foraging rules
- Oregon 26 records · Foraging rules
- Washington 25 records · Foraging rules
- Connecticut 24 records · Foraging rules
- Manitoba 21 records · Foraging rules
- Maryland 20 records · Foraging rules
- Northwest Territories 20 records · Foraging rules
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- Wisconsin19 records
- Pennsylvania17 records
- North Carolina17 records
- Florida16 records
- California15 records
- New Hampshire12 records
- District of Columbia12 records
- Kentucky10 records
- Wyoming9 records
- New Brunswick9 records
- Nova Scotia8 records
- Alaska8 records
- Idaho8 records
- Montana8 records
- Vermont6 records
- Nunavut6 records
- Newfoundland and Labrador5 records
- Alberta4 records
- Colorado4 records
- New Mexico4 records
- Yukon4 records
- Ohio4 records
- Prince Edward Island4 records
- Virginia4 records
- West Virginia4 records
- North Dakota3 records
- Tennessee3 records
- South Dakota3 records
- South Carolina2 records
- Illinois2 records
- Arizona2 records
- Georgia1 records
- Indiana1 records
Recent finds
No community finds tagged with this species yet. Log a find.
More in the genus Placynthiella
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Stiff Tar-spot Lichen
Placynthiella icmalea
Edibility unknown — do not eat -
Tar spot
Placynthiella oligotropha
Edibility unknown — do not eat - No photo yet
Placynthiella dasaea
Edibility unknown — do not eat - No photo yet
Placynthiella knudsenii
Edibility unknown — do not eat - No photo yet
placynthiella lichen
Placynthiella hyporhoda
Edibility unknown — do not eat
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