Powdered Sunshine Lichen

Edibility

Edibility unknown — do not eat

Never eat a wild mushroom based on this site or any app.

Photos

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.

Where it is found

States and provinces with the most records. Check the foraging rules for the place you plan to visit.

• British Columbia 403 records · Foraging rules
• Ontario 390 records · Foraging rules
• Minnesota 365 records · Foraging rules
• Michigan 360 records · Foraging rules
• Quebec 167 records · Foraging rules
• Colorado 138 records · Foraging rules
• Alberta 137 records · Foraging rules
• Alaska 122 records · Foraging rules
• Maine 95 records · Foraging rules
• New Hampshire 91 records · Foraging rules
• Manitoba 79 records · Foraging rules
• Yukon 73 records · Foraging rules
• Montana 59 records · Foraging rules
• Wisconsin 55 records · Foraging rules
• Vermont 53 records · Foraging rules

All state and province foraging laws

About

Vulpicida pinastri, the powdered sunshine, is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. The lichen has a greenish-yellow thallus and dorsiventral lobes. It grows on conifers and Betula in North America and Eurasia. It is the only sorediate species in the genus and is distinguished by the bright-yellow marginal soralia. The lichen, originally described by Italian naturalist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1772, was transferred to the newly circumscribed genus Vulpicida by Jan-Eric Mattson and Ming-Jou Lai in 1993. In Iceland, V. pinastri grows on downy birch stems and branches. It is found in only a few locations in the Eastern Region and is locally classified as an endangered species (EN).

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