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Reimnitzia santensis (Tuck.) Kalb
Daliesque Bark-barnacle
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 High Priority Species (SGCN): No
Element Occurrences (EOs) in Georgia: 0
Habitat Summary for element in Georgia: Mesic hardwood forests, occasionally in swamps
Gray thallus matte, thick, continuous, filled with crystals, broadly lumpy and sometimes separating from substrate with air pockets beneath; isidia often sparse, occasionally abundant, thick, cylindrical, sometimes lying on thallus or bending over surreally toward ground as if pendulous, at first globose but growing up to 5 mm long; large, irregular, erumpent, gray-pruinose apothecia surrounded by jagged thalline margin (apothecia sometimes absent); MICROSCOPY: spores brown, submuriform; CHEMISTRY: no reactions to spot tests or UV (no substances); FIELD ID possible if isidia present, especially if bent; if isidia not detected, dissection needed to examine spores
Thelotrema dilatatum has similar disks, but with a dense white pruina, & the thallus is not isidiate
None
Mesic hardwood forests, occasionally in swamps, on hardwood bark, especially Quercus but also Carya, Magnolia, Nyssa
Corticolous crustose lichenized fungus, photobiont an alga in Trentepohlia
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Coastal Plain
Unknown
Uncommon
None
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.
Harris, R. C. 1995. More Florida lichens including the 10-cent tour of the pyrenolichens. Unpublished manuscript, Bronx, N.Y.
Malcolm Hodges
4 August 2022