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Maronea polyphaea H. Magn.
Bulging Martian-eyes
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 High Priority Species (SGCN): No
Element Occurrences (EOs) in Georgia: 0
Habitat Summary for element in Georgia: Woodlands, forests and swamps
Olive-green, lumpy, continuous thallus with dark brown lecanorine disks; disk rims are thick & lumpy; thallus is usually small, sometimes with only 1 or a few disks, rarely crowded (as above); FIELD ID: when studying bark (especially twigs) through a hand lens, the small thalli of this species jump out at you with their big, distinctive disks
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Woodlands, forests & swamps; substrates: hardwood bark: 25% Quercus, 17% Acer, 9% Prunus, 7% Ulmus & 32% other hardwoods or unknowns; conifer bark: 9% Pinus & 1 record from Juniperus
Corticolous crustose lichenized fungus, photobiont a chlorococcoid alga
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Statewide
Unknown
Common
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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.
Harris, R. C. & D. Ladd. 2005. Preliminary draft: Ozark lichens. Unpublished manuscript, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY.
Malcolm Hodges
5 May 2022