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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 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: Rocky montane forest, Piedmont granitic outcrop

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Description

Pale gray-blue aggregate leprose thallus, in scattered clumps of variable size forming larger clumps; rhizohyphae absent; CHEMISTRY: thallus K+ yellow, KC-, C-, PD-/+ weakly yellow, UV- (atranorin, others undetectable with spot tests); FIELD ID not possible; requires thin-layer chromatography to ID with certainty

Similar Species

Other aggregate Lepraria species on rock, bark

Related Rare Species

None

Habitat

Rocky montane forest, Piedmont granitic outcrop; on silicious rock (& hardwood bark elsewhere)

Life History

Saxicolous leprose lichenized fungus, photobiont a chlorococcoid green alga

Survey Recommendations

None

Range

Southern Blue Ridge, Piedmont

Threats

Unknown

Georgia Conservation Status

Rare

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.

Lendemer, J. C. 2013. A monograph of the crustose members of the genus Lepraria Ach. s. str. (Stereocaulaceae, Lichenized Ascomycetes) in North America north of Mexico. Opuscula Philolichenum 11: 27-141.

Authors of Account

Malcolm Hodges

Date Compiled or Updated

20 April 2022