Szczawinskia leucopoda
Szczawinskia leucopoda Holien & Tønsberg
Edibility
Edibility unknown — do not eat
Never eat a wild mushroom based on this site or any app.
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 | 0 |
| February | 0 |
| March | 0 |
| April | 0 |
| May | 0 |
| June | 0 |
| July | 0 |
| August | 0 |
| September | 0 |
| October | 1 |
| November | 0 |
| December | 0 |
Where it is found
No regional records yet.
About
Micarea leucopoda is a rare species of lichen in the family Ectolechiaceae. It is characterised by its distinctive granular body that appears dark greenish to greyish green and its unique stalked reproductive structures with black, spoon-shaped heads on whitish stalks. First described in 2002, this lichen grows primarily on the twigs of spruce and fir trees in humid coniferous forests across an amphi-Atlantic distribution, being found in coastal regions of central Norway and Newfoundland, Canada. The species typically occurs in older, undisturbed forests with high humidity, where it forms part of species-rich communities of lichens. Though previously found in Sweden, M. leucopoda is now regionally extinct there, with its disappearance linked to forestry operations that destroyed its habitat and altered the local environmental conditions, demonstrating its sensitivity to forest management practices.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the original article.
Recent finds
No community finds tagged with this species yet. Log a find.
More in the genus Szczawinskia
Never eat a wild mushroom based on this site or any app. See safety basics and the disclaimer.