Flavocetraria cucullata

(Bellardi) Karnefelt & A. Thell.

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Lichen

The lichen is chopped and boiled in soup and used as a flavoring.

It is a cold temperate plant.

Alaska, Arctic, Canada, North America, USA,

Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, St Vincent

A lichen of the parmeliaceae family found in cold temperate regions.

References (2)

Kuhnlein, H. V. and Turner, N. J., 1991, Traditional Plant Foods of Canadian Indigenous Peoples. Food and Nutrition in History and Anthropology Volume 8. Gordon and Breach. p 22 (As Cetraria cucullata)
www.lichen.com/usetype.html