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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 2015 Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN): No

SWAP 2025 Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN): No

2025 SGCN Priority Tier: None

Element Occurrences (EOs) in Georgia: 0

Habitat Summary for element in Georgia: Montane outcrops, escarpments, rocky forests

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Description

Dark olive-green to brown glossy lobes less than 1 mm wide, with oval white soralia along margins flecked with black soredia & occasionally developing brown lobules; FIELD ID: dark color of small thallus is distinctive

Similar Species

None

Related Rare Species

None

Habitat

Montane outcrops, escarpments, rocky forests, on silicious rock

Life History

Saxicolous foliose lichenized fungus, photobiont a green alga in Trebouxia

Survey Recommendations

None

Range

Cumberland Plateau, 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.

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.

Authors of Account

Malcolm Hodges

Date Compiled or Updated

5 May 2022