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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: None

Element Occurrences (EOs) in Georgia: 0

Habitat Summary for element in Georgia: Mixed pine - hardwood forest

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Description

Pale yellow-green thallus thin, continuous, variably granular; minute pale tan to yellowish disks with patchy thalline rims, mostly with colorless non-thalline rims that disappear beneath the edges of the growing disks; FIELD ID: no parts of this lichen will be sorediate, though careful examination under a dissecting scope may be necessary

Similar Species

Lecanora strobilina is abundant and can occasionally appear to have almost rimless disks, but will usually have a few soredia at rims of disks

Related Rare Species

None

Habitat

Montane mixed forest, on bark of Pinus twig

Life History

Corticolous crustose lichenized fungus, photobiont a unicellular green alga (Pseudotrebouxia)

Survey Recommendations

None

Range

Southern Blue Ridge

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.

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

8 November 2023