Racoplaca melanobapha
Racoplaca melanobapha (Kremp.) S.H.Jiang, Lücking & J.C.Wei
Edibility
Edibility unknown — do not eat
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Lookalikes
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Season
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Where it is found
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- Hawaii 19 records · Foraging rules
About
Racoplaca melanobapha is a species of leaf-dwelling lichen in the family Strigulaceae. The species was first described in 1874 from a specimen collected in Borneo, though its taxonomic placement remained uncertain for many decades until it was transferred to the genus Strigula in 1952 and later to Racoplaca in 2020. It forms very thin, dark greyish-green patches on leaf surfaces, with narrow branching lobes outlined by fine black lines and scattered with tiny black dots. Molecular studies suggest that what has traditionally been treated as a single widespread tropical species may actually represent several closely related species that are difficult to distinguish by appearance alone.
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