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Federal Protection: No US federal protection

State Protection: No Georgia state protection

Global Rank: G5

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: Mesic hardwood forests

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Description

White crust on bark, with black perithecia exposed or partly obscured beneath thallus; MICROSCOPY: spores colorless, 1-septate, septum slightly off-center, slender, narrowly ovate, fusiform to almost cylindrical, 12-18(-21) x 4.5-6.5 µm; CHEMISTRY: thallus UV-; FIELD ID: dissection required to observe spores

Similar Species

Other whitish peritheciate crusts (see key below)

Related Rare Species

None

Habitat

Mesic hardwood forests, on hardwood bark

Life History

Lichenized corticolous fungus; photobiont a species of alga in genus Trentepohlia

Survey Recommendations

None

Range

Coastal Plain

Threats

Harvesting old-growth hardwood forests

Georgia Conservation Status

Rare

Conservation Management Recommendations

Conserve Coastal Plain hardwood bluff forests

References

Aptroot, A. 2002. Anisomeridium, pp. 99-101 in Lichen flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert region. Vol I. Lichens Unlimited, Tempe, Ariz.

Brodo, I. M. 2001. Lichens of North America. 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.

Harris, R. C. 1995. More Florida lichens including the 10-cent tour of the pyrenolichens. Unpublished manuscript, Bronx, N.Y.

Authors of Account

Malcolm Hodges

Date Compiled or Updated

27 February 2022