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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:

Element Occurrences (EOs) in Georgia: 0

Habitat Summary for element in Georgia: Montane mixed forest, cypress – gum swamp

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Description

Obscure thallus with tiny stalked fruiting bodies (sometimes sessile), tipped with a fluffy white synnema made up of clumped conidia, resembling a mealybug perched on a stalk; FIELD ID: unmistakable with a careful look

Similar Species

None

Related Rare Species

None

Habitat

Montane mixed forest, cypress – gum swamp, on hardwood bark

Life History

Corticolous crustose lichenized fungus, photobiont a green alga?

Survey Recommendations

None

Range

Southern Blue Ridge; rare disjunct in southern Coastal Plain

Threats

Unknown

Georgia Conservation Status

Rare

Conservation Management Recommendations

None

References

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.

Tripp, E. A. & J. C. Lendemer. 2020. Field guide to the lichens of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville.

Authors of Account

Malcolm Hodges

Date Compiled or Updated

26 July 2022