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Lobaria ravenelii (Tuck.) Yoshim.
Southern Lungwort
Federal Protection: No US federal protection
State Protection: No Georgia state protection
Global Rank: G2G4
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 forests
Gray-green, olive or rich green foliose thallus, loosely adnate; lobes up to 6 mm wide, smooth to slightly puckered, with rounded to truncate tips; orange-brown apothecia shallowly cupped & with lobed thalline rims; underside brown; FIELD ID: distinctive chestnut apothecia with toothed thalline margins are unmistakable
Ricasolia quercizans is larger & at higher elevations, and the apothecia have no lobules on margins
None
Mesic hardwood forests; substrates mostly hardwood bark: 8 records on Quercus, 5 on Carya, 3 on Magnolia, 2 on Nyssa, 1 on Fraxinus & 1 on a shaded boulder
Corticolous foliose lichenized fungus, photobiont a unicellular green alga
None
Coastal Plain, Piedmont, Ridge & Valley
Harvesting old-growth hardwood forests
Rare to occasional
Conserve mature hardwood forests
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.
Malcolm Hodges
4 May 2022