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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: None

Element Occurrences (EOs) in Georgia: 0

Habitat Summary for element in Georgia: Montane mixed forest, granitic outcrop complex

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Description

Whitish thallus thin, slightly lumpy; flat to low-mounded, whitish soralia with coarse soredia at first discrete, but merging in places; no disks seen; CHEMISTRY: medulla KC+ red, C+ pink/red (gyrophoric acid), thallus UV+ yellow; FIELD ID: chemical tests required

Similar Species

Lepra species have mounded soralia & different chemistry; Megalospora pachycheila is pustulose & KC-, C-

Related Rare Species

None

Habitat

Montane mixed forest, granitic outcrop complex; substrates: 3 records on Juniperus bark, 3 on hardwood bark

Life History

Corticolous crustose lichenized fungus, photobiont a green chlorococcoid alga (Trebouxia?)

Survey Recommendations

None

Range

Southern Blue Ridge, Piedmont

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

10 May 2022