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Scytinium lichenoides (L.) Otalora, P.M. J?rg. & Wedin
Tattered Jellyskin
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: Woodlands, mesic hardwood forests and swamps
Small gray to olive-brown foliose thallus made up of longitudinally wrinkled, narrow lobes branching dendritically to end in long, cylindrical isidia; sinuses between lobe branches have concave shape (rounded lobes scarce to absent); brown apothecia uncommon, sometimes absent; FIELD ID: unmistakable with a careful look
Close study of Scytinium dactylinum thallus shows rounded lobes with lacy, branching isidiate lobules along margins, not a dendritically branched thallus
None
Woodlands, mesic hardwood forests & swamps; substrates: 11 records on moss over limestone & 1 on (likely mossy) silicious rock
Saxicolous foliose lichenized fungus, photobiont a cyanobacterium in Nostoc
None
Cumberland Plateau, Ridge & Valley, Southern Blue Ridge
Unknown
Uncommon to fairly common in its limited habitat
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.
Tripp, E. A. & J. C. Lendemer. 2020. Field guide to the lichens of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville.
Malcolm Hodges
30 July 2022