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Federal Protection: No US federal protection

State Protection: No Georgia state protection

Global Rank: G5

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: Mesic hardwood forests

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Description

Squamules rounded or lobed, green when damp, tan or brown dry, 2-5 mm in diameter, edges slightly curled over; older squamules dotted with black-brown perithecia; FIELD ID: unmistakable

Similar Species

None

Related Rare Species

None

Habitat

Mesic hardwood forests, especially bases of large hardwoods; substrates: hardwood bark: 53% Quercus, 8% Carya, 8% Ulmus & 18% other hardwoods or unknowns; 1 record from Juniperus bark; 3 records from moss over bark; 2 records from limestone

Life History

Corticolous squamulose lichenized fungus, photobiont a green alga in genus Myrmecia

Survey Recommendations

None

Range

Statewide, but absent from coast & southern Coastal Plain

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

3 August 2022