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Federal Protection: No US federal protection

State Protection: No Georgia state protection

Global Rank: GNR

State Rank: SU

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 sandhill woodland ecotone

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Description

Thallus forming tiny shiny greenish areoles, each with a central black pycnidium; only pycnidia observed, apothecia not seen; FIELD ID: tiny lichen thalli on Persea leaves are likely this species

Similar Species

None

Related Rare Species

None

Habitat

Mesic sandhill woodland ecotone, on Persea leaves

Life History

Foliicolous crustose lichenized fungus, photobiont unknown

Survey Recommendations

None

Range

Coastal Plain

Threats

Unknown

Georgia Conservation Status

Rare? (almost certainly overlooked)

Conservation Management Recommendations

None

References

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.

Lendemer, J. C., R. C. Harris & A. M. Ruiz. 2016. A review of the lichens of the Dare Regional Biodiversity Hotspot in the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain of North Carolina, Eastern North America. Castanea 81: 1-77.

Authors of Account

Malcolm Hodges

Date Compiled or Updated

5 March 2022