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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 High Priority Species (SGCN): No

Element Occurrences (EOs) in Georgia: 0

Habitat Summary for element in Georgia: Woodlands, forests and swamps

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Description

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

Similar Species

None

Related Rare Species

None

Habitat

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

Life History

Corticolous crustose lichenized fungus, photobiont a chlorococcoid alga

Survey Recommendations

None

Range

Statewide

Threats

Unknown

Georgia Conservation Status

Common

Conservation Management Recommendations

None

References

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 Unpublished manuscript, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY.

Authors of Account

Malcolm Hodges

Date Compiled or Updated

5 May 2022