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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: Follows hosts

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Description

Bright pink, translucent, ellipsoid fruiting bodies, often in groups, indicate presence; sometimes semi-immersed in host thallus, or barely visible through cracks or openings, but more often seen as oblongs lying prostrate on the surface of the host; sometimes kills host

Similar Species

Ovicuculispora parmeliae is another pink-fruited lichenicolous fungus, but its fruiting bodies are fuzzy pale pink with a darker pink-orange ostiole on the end; they are more spherical & upright than oblong & prostrate

Related Rare Species

None

Habitat

Not habitat-specific; hosts: 6 records on Parmotrema, 5 on Pertusaria, 3 on Flavoparmelia, 1 each on Aspicilia, Buellia, Physcia & Porpidia

Life History

Lichenicolous fungus, parasitic on a wide range of foliose & crustose lichens

Survey Recommendations

None

Range

Statewide

Threats

Unknown

Georgia Conservation Status

Uncommon

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.

Wikipedia. 2021. Marchandiomyces. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marchandiomyces

Authors of Account

Malcolm Hodges

Date Compiled or Updated

5 May 2022