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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: Maritime forest, mesic hardwood forests, swamps

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Description

Yellow-green thallus of appressed lobes 2-6 mm wide; sessile apothecia common, thalline rims cupping reddish-brown disks; undersides brown; CHEMISTRY: medulla K-, KC+ orange, C-/+ pale yellow-orange, PD- (secalonic acid); FIELD ID possible with K & C tests to medulla

Similar Species

Pseudoparmelia cubensis is essentially identical but has different medullar chemistry

Related Rare Species

None

Habitat

Maritime forest, mesic hardwood forests, swamps; substrates: hardwood bark: 36% Quercus, 14% Nyssa, 11% Magnolia & 17% other hardwoods or unknows; conifer bark: 11% Juniperus & 11% Taxodium

Life History

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

Survey Recommendations

None

Range

Coastal Plain

Threats

Unknown

Georgia Conservation Status

Uncommon in good habitat

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

4 August 2022