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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: Mesic hardwood forests and swamps

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Description

Pale green thallus, large, erumpent apothecia covered in dense white pruina, margins erect, jagged; MICROSCOPY: spores colorless, transversely septate, 7-10-celled, 8/ascus, about 30 µm long; FIELD ID: unmistakable, with care to eliminate similar species

Similar Species

Reimnitzia santensis also has large disks with erect, jagged margins, but the pruina is less dense, appearing as a gray, slightly dusted disk, & at least a few isidia can usually be found on any thallus

Related Rare Species

None

Habitat

Mesic hardwood forests & swamps; substrates: 12 records on Nyssa, 2 on Quercus

Life History

Corticolous crustose lichenized fungus, photobiont an alga in Trentepohlia

Survey Recommendations

None

Range

Coastal Plain

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.

Harris, R. C. 1995. More Florida lichens including the 10-cent tour of the pyrenolichens. Unpublished manuscript, Bronx, N.Y.

Authors of Account

Malcolm Hodges

Date Compiled or Updated

1 August 2022