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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: Montane mesic hardwood forests

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Description

Thin, pale, green-gray continuous thallus, with irregular deep-yellow to yellow-orange soralia erupting through; chemistry: soralia K+ purple

Similar Species

Ciposia wheeleri is similar in appearance, but its soralia are yellow without orange tints, & the chemistry is different (KC+ orange soralia)

Related Rare Species

None

Habitat

Montane mesic hardwood forests, mostly on Quercus bark; 1 record each on Carya & Pinus

Life History

Corticolous crustose lichenized fungus, photobiont a green unicellular alga

Survey Recommendations

None

Range

Southern Blue Ridge

Threats

Unknown

Georgia Conservation Status

Rare

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.

Tripp, E. A. & J. C. Lendemer. 2020. Field guide to the lichens of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville.

Authors of Account

Malcolm Hodges

Date Compiled or Updated

30 July 2022