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Federal Protection: No US federal protection

State Protection: No Georgia state protection

Global Rank: G4G5

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: Maritime forest, cypress ? hardwood swamp

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Description

Pale gray-green to whitish thallus of tiny byssoid lobes, with black byssoid underside & prothallus; becoming sorediate at center of thallus; FIELD ID: appearing as a small foliose thallus superficially, but on close inspection the webbed, cottony thallus is obvious & distinctive

Similar Species

None

Related Rare Species

None

Habitat

Maritime forest, cypress – hardwood swamp, on hardwood bark (in descending order of frequency): Nyssa, Quercus, Magnolia, Acer & Liquidambar

Life History

Corticolous crustose lichenized fungus, photobiont a green alga

Survey Recommendations

None

Range

Southern Coastal Plain

Threats

Unknown

Georgia Conservation Status

None

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

26 July 2022