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Fellhanera bouteillei (Desmaz.) Vezda
Leaf dot
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: Maritime forest, hardwood bottomland forest (& montane heath forests?)
Pale green thallus continuous to areolate, irregularly shaped; apothecia small, round, tan or flesh-colored; MICROSCOPY: spores colorless, 2-celled, 8/ascus; FIELD ID: very pale, tiny-disked lichens on leaves are likely this species; unusually pale-disked forms of Calopadia best sorted by dissection & examination of spores
Calopadia fusca has a discontinuous thallus, usually much darker disks & muriform spores 1/ascus
None
Maritime forest, hardwood bottomland forest (& montane heath forests?), on Sabal fronds (& presumably leaves of various evergreen heath genera in montane forests, though not yet recorded there)
Foliicolous crustose lichenized fungus, photobiont a chlorococcoid green alga
None
Coastal Plain
Unknown
Rare
None
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.
Nash III, T. H., B. D. Ryan, P. Diederich, C. Gries & F. Gungartz (eds.). 2004. Lichen flora of the greater Sonoran Desert region. Vol. II. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe.
Tripp, E. A. & J. C. Lendemer. 2020. Field guide to the lichens of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville.
Malcolm Hodges
27 July 2022