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Federal Protection: No US federal protection

State Protection: No Georgia state protection

Global Rank: G4G5

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: Rocky forests and streams, especially with overhangs and crevices

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Description

Bright green (wet) to gray-green thallus made up of thin, almost wispy lobes, branching & dissected, forming a mat; undersides similar to uppersides; FIELD ID possible, noting thin squamules with undifferentiated sides

Similar Species

Sterile Cladonia species have thicker squamules with paler undersides

Related Rare Species

None

Habitat

Rocky forests & streams, especially with overhangs & crevices, on limestone & silicious rock, often in complex with mosses

Life History

Saxicolous squamulose lichenized fungus, photobiont a green alga

Survey Recommendations

None

Range

Scattered records north of the Fall Line; rare disjunct in 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

29 July 2022