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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: Rock outcrops, boulders with vertical faces or overhangs

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Description

Crowded pale-green lobes tightly adhering to substrate, dividing to fill all space as lichen grows out; older parts of thallus with mounded, discrete soralia; no rhizines on black underside; FIELD ID: unmistakable if carefully observed

Similar Species

Canoparmelia alabamensis can occur on more exposed vertical surfaces, but it is rare, has medulla KC+ purple, PD+ red, & has rhizines

Related Rare Species

None

Habitat

Rock outcrops, boulders with vertical faces or overhangs, on silicious rock, especially beneath overhangs

Life History

Saxicolous lichenized fungus, photobiont a green alga (Trebouxia?)

Survey Recommendations

None

Range

Mostly above the Fall Line, with a few records from the Coastal Plain

Threats

Unknown

Georgia Conservation Status

Fairly common in proper habitat

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

27 July 2022