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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

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Description

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

Similar Species

Fissurina insidiosa lacks the flat, contrasting brown-gray striped center of the lirellae, & has 4-celled spores unreactive to iodine

Related Rare Species

None

Habitat

Mesic hardwood forest, bottomland hardwood forest, half on Acer & Magnolia bark, half other hardwoods

Life History

Corticolous lichenized fungus, photobiont a species of alga in genus Trentepohlia

Survey Recommendations

None

Range

Coastal Plain

Threats

Unknown

Georgia Conservation Status

Rare

Conservation Management Recommendations

None

References

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.

Authors of Account

Malcolm Hodges

Date Compiled or Updated

29 July 2022