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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 mixed pine ? hardwood forest

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Description

Pale or indistinct thallus with long, delicate stalks holding tiny, globose apothecia; MICROSCOPY: spores brown, 1-celled; FIELD ID: stubble lichens almost always require dissection & examination of spores to ID

Similar Species

Chaenotheca brunneola has broad, shallow capitula; Calicium species have 2-celled spores; Chaenothecopsis species have a persistent hymenium, not a true mazaedium, though the surface of the disk can appear powdery

Related Rare Species

None

Habitat

Mesic mixed pine – hardwood forest, on Pinus strobus wood

Life History

Lignicolous crustose lichenized fungus, photobiont a green alga

Survey Recommendations

None

Range

Southern Blue Ridge

Threats

Unknown

Georgia Conservation Status

Rare

Conservation Management Recommendations

None

References

Brodo, I. M. 2001. Lichens of North America. 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

21 July 2022