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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: Mesic pine – hardwood forest

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Description

Pale thallus dotted with prominent, naked black perithecia, ostioles positioned to the side (“eccentric”) rather than on top; MICROSCOPY: spores colorless, single-celled, ellipsoid, ornamented with minute bumps, about 15.5 x 10.5 µm, 8/ascus; FIELD ID difficult, dissection recomme

Similar Species

Superficially similar lichens in Ga. have ostioles at summits of perithecia

Related Rare Species

None

Habitat

Mesic pine – hardwood forest, on hardwood bark: Carya, Liquidambar

Life History

Corticolous crustose lichenized fungus, photobiont a green alga (in Trentepohlia?)

Survey Recommendations

None

Range

Coastal Plain

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.

Harris, R. C. 1995. More Florida lichens including the 10-cent tour of the pyrenolichens. Unpublished manuscript, Bronx, N.Y.

Authors of Account

Malcolm Hodges

Date Compiled or Updated

5 May 2022