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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: Mesic hardwood forests

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Description

Whitish thallus with bold black lirellae, broad and irregular in shape; MICROSCOPY: spores muriform, 26-36 x 12-15 µm; FIELD ID: big splotchy irregular lirellae are identifiable in the field only with much experience; dissection usually needed to confirm ID

Similar Species

None

Related Rare Species

None

Habitat

Mesic hardwood forests, on hardwood bark

Life History

Corticolous crustose lichenized fungus, photobiont an alga in Trentepohlia

Survey Recommendations

None

Range

Scattered records in the Coastal Plain, Piedmont & Ridge & Valley

Threats

Harvesting old-growth hardwood forests

Georgia Conservation Status

Rare to occasional

Conservation Management Recommendations

Conserve mature hardwood 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.

Harris, R. C. & D. Ladd. 2005. Preliminary draft: Ozark lichens. Unpublished manuscript, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY.

Authors of Account

Malcolm Hodges

Date Compiled or Updated

5 March 2022