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Micarea peliocarpa (Anzi) Coppins & R. Sant.
Shadow-dot Lumpling
Federal Protection: No US federal protection
State Protection: No Georgia state protection
Global Rank: G4G5
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: Forests, woodlands
Green thallus with black hemispherical disks (which can sometimes be gray or white); MICROSCOPY: colorless, 4-celled spores, epihymenium greenish, hypothecium colorless; CHEMISTRY: KC+ red, C+ pink thallus & apothecia (gyrophoric acid); FIELD ID not possible, requires dissection & chemical tests to identify
Other Micarea species have different spores, apothecial characteristics & chemistry
None
Forests, woodlands; substrates: mostly silicious rock, but also hardwood bark, conifer bark, rotting wood & soil
Crustose lichenized fungus on various substrates, photobiont 1 of various chlorococcoid unicellular green algae
None
Mostly north of the Fall Line, occasionally in Coastal Plain
Unknown
Fairly common
None
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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 Unpublished manuscript, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY.
Tripp, E. A. & J. C. Lendemer. 2020. Field guide to the lichens of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville.
Malcolm Hodges
5 May 2022