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Federal Protection: No US federal protection

State Protection: No Georgia state protection

Global Rank: GNR

State Rank: SNR

Element Locations Tracked in Biotics: No

SWAP 2015 Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN): No

SWAP 2025 Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN): No

2025 SGCN Priority Tier: None

Element Occurrences (EOs) in Georgia: 0

Habitat Summary for element in Georgia: Swamps, maritime forest

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Description

Tiny, flat, matte-black apothecia on bark, thallus thin, patchy, inconspicuous; MICROSCOPY: spores brown, 2-celled, about 15-20 x 8-12 µm, with walls conspicuously ornamented or roughened under high magnification, paraphyses with broadened, black-capitate tips, hypothecium dark brown; CHEMISTRY: no reactions to spot tests or UV; FIELD ID: obscure, tiny, easily confused with other tiny button lichens, unidentifiable in field with any certainty, requires dissection

Similar Species

Other Amandinea species have smaller, less heavily ornamented spores

Related Rare Species

None

Habitat

Swamps, maritime forest; on bark of Juniperus, Liquidambar, Nyssa & Taxodium

Life History

Lichenized corticolous fungus; photobiont an alga in genus Trebouxia

Survey Recommendations

None

Range

Coastal Plain

Threats

Harvesting old-growth swamps

Georgia Conservation Status

Rare

Conservation Management Recommendations

Conserve mature swamp forests

References

Brodo, I. M. 2001. Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn.

Brodo, I. M. 2016. Keys to lichens of North America: revised and expanded. Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn.

Esslinger, T. L. 2021. A cumulative checklist for the lichen-forming, lichenicolous and allied fungi of the continental United States and Canada. Version 24. Opuscula Philolichenum 20: 100-394.

Authors of Account

Malcolm Hodges

Date Compiled or Updated

27 February 2022