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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:

Element Occurrences (EOs) in Georgia: 0

Habitat Summary for element in Georgia: Forests and woodlands

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Description

Bright yellow to pale yellow-green thallus, lobes less than 1 mm wide, often fringed with extending rhizines; yellow apothecia in center of thallus, mature disks continuing round or becoming irregularly shaped, & fringed with rhizines; FIELD ID: flat thallus, fringe of rhizines, lack of soralia & presence of disks clinch the ID

Similar Species

Candelaria concolor has soralia, & the thallus often mounds up with lobes climbing over one another; this species can resemble Candelariella when very small

Related Rare Species

None

Habitat

Forests, woodlands, on hardwood bark, including 42% Carya illinoiensis (pecan) and 19% Quercus

Life History

Corticolous foliose lichenized fungus, photobiont a green alga (Trebouxia?)

Survey Recommendations

None

Range

Thinly scattered statewide

Threats

Unknown

Georgia Conservation Status

Uncommon

Conservation Management Recommendations

None

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

11 May 2022