Yes Dr. K, have read that this lichen (& similar others) can be eaten in a pinch (e.g. plane crash in wilderness) to survive on. No mention of taste. I imagined, as you characterized, similar to boot leather. Perhaps folks that have had the experience eating it could post 
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