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Federal Protection: No US federal protection

State Protection: No Georgia state protection

Global Rank: G4G5

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:

Element Occurrences (EOs) in Georgia: 0

Habitat Summary for element in Georgia: Woodlands, forests and swamps; also agricultural areas, roadsides

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Description

Shrubby thallus with broad, strap-like branches narrowing to thin, terete tips; thallus orange (sun) to gray-green (shade), usually ending in yellow to orange tips; bright orange disks flat, with orange ciliate rims, near tips of branches; CHEMISTRY: thallus K+ purple; FIELD ID: unmistakable, with care tocilia on disk rims

Similar Species

Teloschistes exilis has narrow, mostly terete branches throughout, & lacks cilia on disk rims

Related Rare Species

None

Habitat

Woodlands, forests & swamps; also agricultural areas, roadsides; substrates: mostly hardwood bark: 35% Celtis, 55% on other hardwoods or unknowns; 2 records on Taxodium bark

Life History

Corticolous fruticose lichenized fungus, photobiont an alga in Trebouxia

Survey Recommendations

None

Range

Mostly upper Coastal Plain, with scattered records in Piedmont

Threats

Unknown

Georgia Conservation Status

Uncommon, found in both natural & polluted anthropogenic sites

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

30 July 2022