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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: None

Element Occurrences (EOs) in Georgia: 0

Habitat Summary for element in Georgia: Maritime forest

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Description

Pale blue-gray aggregate leprose thallus, scattered to continuous; rhizohyphae absent; CHEMISTRY: thallus K-, KC-/+ weakly pink, C-, PD-, UV+ blue-white (divaricatic acid); FIELD ID not possible; requires thin-layer chromatography to ID with certainty

Similar Species

Lepraria finkii is placodioid & has different chemistry

Related Rare Species

None

Habitat

Maritime forest, on Quercus bark

Life History

Corticolous leprose lichenized fungus, photobiont a chlorococcoid green alga

Survey Recommendations

None

Range

Coastal Plain

Threats

Unknown

Georgia Conservation Status

Rare; likely occurs elsewhere in the state, but has been overlooked

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

21 April 2022