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Federal Protection: No US federal protection

State Protection: No Georgia state protection

Global Rank: G3G5

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 ranging from dry edge of granitic outcrops to bottomland hardwoods

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Description

Rich green (wet) or gray-green (dry) thallus with bright yellow sorediate edges of lobes; brown underside dotted with pseudocyphellae, exposing bright yellow medulla within; FIELD ID: unmistakable

Similar Species

None

Related Rare Species

None

Habitat

Forests ranging from dry edge of granitic outcrops to bottomland hardwoods, on hardwood bark; sometimes part of Lobarion lichen communities

Life History

Corticolous foliose lichenized fungus, photobiont a green alga in Dictyochloropsis; small cephalodia within the thallus contain nodules of a cyanobacterium in genus Nostoc

Survey Recommendations

None

Range

Southern Blue Ridge, Piedmont

Threats

Possibly vulnerable to habitat destruction & climate change

Georgia Conservation Status

Rare to occasional

Conservation Management Recommendations

Protect undisturbed & old-growth forests

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

26 July 2022