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Vulpicida viridis (Schwein.) J.-E. Mattsson & M. J. Lai
Hidden Sunshine
Federal Protection: No US federal protection
State Protection: No Georgia state protection
Global Rank: G4G5
State Rank: SNR
Element Locations Tracked in Biotics: No
SWAP High Priority Species (SGCN): No
Element Occurrences (EOs) in Georgia: 0
Habitat Summary for element in Georgia: Mixed conifer ? hardwood forests
Pale yellow-green to gray-green thallus with bright yellow medulla (showing on thalli where the algal layer has been grazed off); lobes are ruffled, with finely dissected margins, but without soralia or isidia; chestnut-brown apothecia frequent, also with dissected & lobulate margins; undersides pale tan-yellow to white
Ahtiana aurescens is superficially similar, but has a white medulla
None
Mixed conifer – hardwood forests, mostly on Quercus bark; also Crataegus & Tsuga
Corticolous foliose lichenized fungus, photobiont a green alga (Trebouxia?)
None
Mostly Southern Blue Ridge, with scattered records in Piedmont; rare disjunct in Coastal Plain
Unknown
Rare
None
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.
Malcolm Hodges
2 August 2022