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Federal Protection: No US federal protection

State Protection: No Georgia state protection

Global Rank: G5?

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 and forests with pines

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Description

Bright green to dusky olive-brown lobes, often glossy, adnate & crowded, about 0.5-1.5 mm wide; minute lobules along margins usually present; flat to convex apothecia often large, dominating thallus, with olive-green to brown disks & lobulate margins; FIELD ID: unmistakable, keying in on small size, color & habitat preference

Similar Species

Tuckermannopsis species in highlands are much larger, not adnate

Related Rare Species

None

Habitat

Woodlands & forests with pines, on Pinus bark, especially in the crooks of small branches; also occasionally on Pinus wood & cones

Life History

Corticolous foliose lichenized fungus, photobiont a green alga in Trebouxia

Survey Recommendations

None

Range

Statewide

Threats

Unknown

Georgia Conservation Status

Common; frequently detected when effort is made to inspect fallen Pinus branches

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