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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: Pine ? hardwood forests, swamps

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Description

Dull yellow leprose thallus; granules tiny, diffuse, in small patches to large aggregations; CHEMISTRY: thallus UV+ dull orange; FIELD ID possible, given substrate & thallus color, but field UV test recommended to confirm

Similar Species

Other Chrysothrix on bark are UV-

Related Rare Species

None

Habitat

Pine – hardwood forests, swamps, on conifer bark: 76% Pinus, 18% Taxodium, 6% Chamaecyparis

Life History

Corticolous leprose lichenized fungus, photobiont a green alga

Survey Recommendations

None

Range

Coastal Plain (though absent from southwest Ga.), lower Piedmont

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.

Lendemer, J. C. 2010. Preliminary keys to the typically sterile crustose lichens in North America. Prepared for the Sterile Crustose Lichen Course—Eagle Hill, Maine. The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, N.Y.

Authors of Account

Malcolm Hodges

Date Compiled or Updated

21 July 2022