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Federal Protection: No US federal protection

State Protection: No Georgia state protection

Global Rank: G3G4

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: Mesic hardwood forests

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Description

Gunmetal-gray thallus made up of branched lobes arranged in flattened rosettes, branches 0.2-0.5 mm across; straight white rhizines radiate out from beneath lobes; apothecia orange, also with radiating white rhizines; FIELD ID straightforward with experience; broader lobes, not the fuzzy mounds of C. filiformis

Similar Species

Coccocarpia filiformis has mounded rosettes (semi-fruticose) with narrow lobes about 0.1 mm wide

Related Rare Species

None

Habitat

Mesic hardwood forest, on hardwood bark (1 on Quercus)

Life History

Corticolous foliose lichenized fungus, photobiont a cyanobacterium in genus Scytonema

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.

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.

Rosentreter, R., A. DeBolt & L. Kaminsky. 2022. Field oriented keys to the Florida lichens. University of Florida Natural History Museum, Gainesville, Fla.

Authors of Account

Malcolm Hodges

Date Compiled or Updated

26 December 2023