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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:

Element Occurrences (EOs) in Georgia: 0

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

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Description

Thin, green to blue-green lobes forming minute ovals with raised rims; soralia forming on older lobes along margins or on surface; lobes separate or in a complex; FIELD ID: unmistakable if seen well (though tiny & easily overlooked)

Similar Species

None

Related Rare Species

None

Habitat

Woodlands, hardwood forests & swamps; substrates: hardwood bark: 32% Quercus, 8% Nyssa & 22% other hardwoods or unknowns; conifer bark: 15% Juniperus; 9% rock, 1 record on wood & 12% on moss over bark or rock, though most of these specimens grew on bryophytes or lichens over other cited substrates

Life History

Muscicolous squamulose lichenized fungus, photobiont a green alga in genus Nannochloris

Survey Recommendations

None

Range

Statewide

Threats

Unknown

Georgia Conservation Status

Uncommon

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

9 May 2022