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Federal Protection: No US federal protection

State Protection: No Georgia state protection

Global Rank: G4G5

State Rank: SU

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 forest

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Description

Pale greenish thallus dissolving into soredia, becoming leprose; sometimes with brown to black apothecia, isolated or forming in clumps, often merging; CHEMISTRY: C+, KC+ pink (gyrophoric acid); FIELD ID: chemical tests best performed in lab

Similar Species

Other pale green leprose crusts on wood do not have this chemistry 

Related Rare Species

None

Habitat

Montane forest, on rotting (soft) wood

Life History

Lignicolous crustose lichenized fungus, photobiont a green alga (possibly Chlorella or Pseudochlorella)

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

1 August 2022