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Caloplaca epiphora (Taylor) C.W. Dodge
Bark Curry
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 High Priority Species (SGCN): No
Element Occurrences (EOs) in Georgia: 0
Habitat Summary for element in Georgia: Mesic hardwood forest, maritime forest
Orange to yellow-green continuous thallus with orange isidia becoming thick toward middle; disks not seen; CHEMISTRY: thallus K+ purple (anthraquinones); FIELD ID: unmistakable with a close look to see isidia
Caloplaca granularis until a closer look is taken & soredia seen; sometimes the isidia of Neoprotoparmelia amerisidiata can look orangish, but they never turn purple with KOH
None
Mesic hardwood forest, maritime forest, on hardwood bark, also rarely on Juniperus & wood of dead hardwood
Corticolous crustose lichenized fungus, photobiont a green alga (Trebouxia?)
None
Coastal Plain
Unknown
Occasional
None
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.
Malcolm Hodges
13 July 2022