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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: Dry rock outcrop complexes

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Description

Dull brown scales, irregularly shaped, dispersed over rock surface; FIELD ID possible with experience

Similar Species

Acarospora fuscata has crowded groups of squamules

Related Rare Species

None

Habitat

Dry rock outcrop complexes, mostly on noncalcareous sedimentary & metamorphic rock; 3 records from limestone

Life History

Saxicolous lichenized fungus; photobiont an alga in genus Trebouxia

Survey Recommendations

None

Range

Statewide, but absent from lower Coastal Plain (perhaps due to lack of rock)

Threats

Unknown

Georgia Conservation Status

Uncommon

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.  

Knudsen, K. & J. C. Lendemer. 2016. A new perspective on Melanophloea, Thelocarpella and Trimmatothelopsis: species previously placed in multiple families are united within a single genus in the Acarosporaceae. Bryologist 119: 266-279.

Nash III, T. H., C. Gries & F. Gungartz (eds.). 2007. Lichen flora of the greater Sonoran Desert region. Vol. III. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe.

Authors of Account

Malcolm Hodges

Date Compiled or Updated

1 August 2022