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Federal Protection: No US federal protection

State Protection: No Georgia state protection

Global Rank: G4?

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: Rocky, high-energy mountain streams

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Description

Dark, gelatinous thallus with lobes up to 1 cm wide; lobes ruffled; brown to reddish-brown apothecia on lobe surfaces; undersides with branching vein pattern; FIELD ID: its habitat makes this species unique

Similar Species

None

Related Rare Species

None

Habitat

Rocky, high-energy mountain streams, on wet rocks just above or at the water line (underwater following heavy rains)

Life History

Semi-aquatic foliose lichenized fungus, photobiont a cyanobacterium in Nostoc

Survey Recommendations

None

Range

Southern Blue Ridge

Threats

Unknown

Georgia Conservation Status

Rare (almost certainly overlooked in several counties)

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

23 June 2022