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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: Swamps, mesic hardwood forests

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Description

Whitish to gray-green thallus thin, continuous, with sparse isidia sometimes in clusters; black to dark gray or brown ascomata 0.3-0.5 mm in diameter, thinly distributed, thick, convex with a central depression, & ringed by short black setae (sometimes sparse or irregular); FIELD ID: unmistakable with a close look at rims of ascomata

Similar Species

None

Related Rare Species

None

Habitat

Swamps, mesic hardwood forests, on hardwood bark: 3 records on Nyssa; also on Acer, Magnolia, Ostrya & Quercus

Life History

Corticolous foliose lichenized fungus, photobiont a green alga (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.

Authors of Account

Malcolm Hodges

Date Compiled or Updated

1 August 2022