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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: Forests and woodlands

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Description

Tiny green dispersed areoles of variable amoeboid shapes, partially or entirely covered with yellow soralia; yellow disks rarely seen; FIELD ID: assumed to be much more common & likely where range overlaps with Candelariella efflorescens, though only reliably told from that species by dissection of rare apothecia

Similar Species

Candelariella efflorescens is a morphologically identical northern species that reaches the northern half of Ga.; it differs in number of spores/ascus

Related Rare Species

None

Habitat

Forests, woodlands; substrates: mostly hardwood bark (33% Quercus, 10% Prunus, 9% Ulmus, and 5% Acer); 3 records from Taxodium & 1 from Pinus

Life History

Corticolous crustose lichenized fungus, photobiont a species of green alga (Trebouxia?)

Survey Recommendations

None

Range

Statewide

Threats

Unknown

Georgia Conservation Status

Common

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