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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: Montane hardwood forest

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Description

Pale continuous thallus with a mix of green, yellow, orange & brown soralia, sometimes crowded; apothecia occasionally seen, flat to puffy, glossy, chestnut-brown; CHEMISTRY: thallus K+ red (norstictic acid); FIELD ID: unmistakable within range & with some experience

Similar Species

None

Related Rare Species

None

Habitat

High-elevation montane hardwood woodland (with canopy gaps), on smooth bark of trees & shrubs, in Ga. Amelanchier & Betula

Life History

Corticolous crustose lichenized fungus, photobiont a green chlorococcoid alga

Survey Recommendations

None

Range

Southern Blue Ridge

Threats

Unknown (virtually all habitat in Ga. protected from harvesting)

Georgia Conservation Status

Uncommon in very limited habitat

Conservation Management Recommendations

None

References

Allen, J. L. & J. C. Lendemer. 2015. Japewiella dollypartoniana, a new widespread lichen in the Appalachian Mountains of eastern North America. Castanea 80: 59-65.

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.

Tripp, E. A. & J. C. Lendemer. 2020. Field guide to the lichens of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville.

Authors of Account

Malcolm Hodges

Date Compiled or Updated

5 January 2024