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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:

Element Occurrences (EOs) in Georgia: 0

Habitat Summary for element in Georgia: Pine – hardwood woodlands

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Description

Pale greenish or gray, continuous thallus dotted with fluffy white sporodochia in hemispherical mounds

Similar Species

None

Related Rare Species

None

Habitat

Pine – hardwood woodlands, mostly on Quercus bark, also on Carya

Life History

Corticolous crustose lichenized fungus, photobiont an alga in Trentepohlia

Survey Recommendations

None

Range

Piedmont, Ridge & Valley

Threats

Unknown

Georgia Conservation Status

Rare

Conservation Management Recommendations

None

References

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.

Frisch, A., Y. Ohmura, D. Ertz & G. Thor.  2015.  Inoderma and related genera in Arthoniaceae with elevated white pruinose pycnidia or sporodochia. Lichenologist 47: 233-256.

Lendemer, J. C., R. C. Harris & E. A. Tripp. 2013. The lichens and allied fungi of Great Smoky Mountains National Park: an annotated checklist with comprehensive keys. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 104: 1-152.

Authors of Account

Malcolm Hodges

Date Compiled or Updated

30 July 2022