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Federal Protection: No US federal protection

State Protection: No Georgia state protection

Global Rank: G2?

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: Cool, wet, high-elevation north-aspect cliffs

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Description

Blue-gray aggregate leprose thallus of relatively large, fuzzy granules, scattered in small patches; rhizohyphae absent; CHEMISTRY: thallus K-, KC-, C-, PD+ orange-red, UV- (protocetraric acid, other substances); FIELD ID not possible, given great rarity; requires thin-layer chromatography to ID with certainty

Similar Species

Other saxicolous Lepraria have much smaller granules

Related Rare Species

None

Habitat

Cool, wet, high-elevation north-aspect cliffs, on silicious rock

Life History

Saxicolous leprose lichenized fungus, photobiont a chlorococcoid green alga

Survey Recommendations

None

Range

Southern Blue Ridge

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.

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