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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: Rocky woodlands and forests, shaded outcrops

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Description

Dark brown to tan, smooth thallus with small, black, naked perithecia; MICROSCOPY: spores colorless, (6-)8(-11)-celled; FIELD ID: given rock habitat, distinctive & easily identified with a little experience

Similar Species

Other Pseudosagedia are on bark

Related Rare Species

None

Habitat

Rocky woodlands & forests, shaded outcrops, on silicious rock

Life History

Saxicolous crustose lichenized fungus, photobiont an alga in Trentepohlia

Survey Recommendations

None

Range

Mostly north of the Fall Line; rarely disjunct in southwest Coastal Plain

Threats

Unknown

Georgia Conservation Status

Occasional

Conservation Management Recommendations

None

References

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.

Harris, R. C. & D. Ladd. 2005. Preliminary draft: Ozark lichens. Unpublished manuscript, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY.

Authors of Account

Malcolm Hodges

Date Compiled or Updated

4 August 2022