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Fissurina scolecitis (Tuck.) Lendemer
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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 High Priority Species (SGCN): No
Element Occurrences (EOs) in Georgia: 0
Habitat Summary for element in Georgia: Mesic hardwood forest, bottomland hardwood forest
Dark green to brown, corticate thallus dull semi-glossy, smooth; lirellae closed, with prominent labia, their centers brown, flat, & striped brown & gray; MICROSCOPY: spores colorless, muriform, about 28 x 12 µm, turning purple in iodine wet-mount; CHEMISTRY: no reactions; FIELD ID possible, taking careful note of flat, striped centers of lirellae
Fissurina insidiosa lacks the flat, contrasting brown-gray striped center of the lirellae, & has 4-celled spores unreactive to iodine
None
Mesic hardwood forest, bottomland hardwood forest, half on Acer & Magnolia bark, half other hardwoods
Corticolous lichenized fungus, photobiont a species of alga in genus Trentepohlia
None
Coastal Plain
Unknown
Rare
None
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.
Lendemer, J. C. & R. C. Harris. 2014. Seven new species of Graphidaceae (Lichenized Ascomycetes) from the Coastal Plain of southeastern North America. Phytotaxa 189: 153-175.
Lücking, R., F. Seavey, R. S. Common, S. Q. Beeching, O. Breuss, W. R. Buck, L. Crane, M. Hodges, B. P. Hodkinson, E. Lay, J. C. Lendemer, R. T. McMullin, J. A. Mercado-Diaz, M. P. Nelsen, E. Rivas Plata, W. Safranak, W. B. Sanders, H. P. Schaefer Jr., & J. Seavey. 2011. The lichens of Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, Florida: proceedings from the 18th Tuckerman Workshop. Florida Museum of Natural History Bulletin Vol. 49: 127-186.
Malcolm Hodges
29 July 2022