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Hypotrachyna showmanii

Hale

a lichen

G3Vulnerable (G3G4) Found in 1 roadless area NatureServe Explorer →

G3VulnerableGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.121520

Element CodeNLTEST7410

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryFungus

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomFungi

PhylumAscomycota

ClassLecanoromycetes

OrderLecanorales

FamilyParmeliaceae

GenusHypotrachyna

Concept Reference

Esslinger, T.L. and R.S. Egan. 1995. A sixth checklist of the lichen-forming, lichenicolous, and allied fungi of the continental United States and Canada. The Bryologist 98(4): 467-549.

Conservation Status

Rank MethodLegacy Rank calculation - Excel v3.1x

Review Date2015-09-16

Change Date2015-09-16

Edition Date2015-09-15

Edition AuthorsMartinez, M., TNCHO. rev. A. Tomaino (2015)

Range Extent200,000-2,500,000 square km (about 80,000-1,000,000 square miles)

Number of Occurrences6 - 80

Rank Reasons

A bark-growing, pustular lichen species discovered in 1975. It was originally thought to be a very rare species but has since been found to occur in Massachusetts and Vermont, west to Ohio, and south to Tennessee and North Carolina. Though widely distributed, relatively uncommon.

Range Extent Comments

Once thought to be primarily confined to the Ohio Valley but since found to occur from Massachusetts and Vermont, west to Ohio, and south to Tennessee and North Carolina (Lendemer and Harris 2006).

Occurrences Comments

Widely distributed but relatively uncommon (Lendemer and Harris 2006). Records from twelve southern Ohio counties (Ohio Moss and Lichen Association). In Pennsylvania, 44 records (iDigBio).

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Ridgetops with open, oak forest, nearly always growing on chestnut oak.

Terrestrial Habitats

Forest/WoodlandForest - Hardwood

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN2

Province	Rank	Native
Ontario	S2	Yes

United StatesN3

Province	Rank	Native
New Jersey	SNR	Yes
Massachusetts	SNR	Yes
Ohio	SNR	Yes
Tennessee	SNR	Yes
Connecticut	SNR	Yes
North Carolina	SNR	Yes
Georgia	SNR	Yes
Kentucky	S1	Yes
West Virginia	SNR	Yes
New York	SNR	Yes
Pennsylvania	SNR	Yes
Vermont	SNR	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

New Hampshire (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Mt. Wolf - Gordon Pond	White Mountain National Forest	11,846

References (5)

Esslinger, T. L. 2014. A cumulative checklist for the lichen-forming, lichenicolous and allied fungi of the continental United States and Canada. North Dakota State University: http://www.ndsu.edu/pubweb/~esslinge/chcklst/chcklst7.htm (First Posted 1 December 1997, Most Recent Version (#19) 23 March 2014), Fargo, North Dakota.
Esslinger, T. L. 2018. A cumulative checklist for the lichen-forming, lichenicolous and allied fungi of the continental United States and Canada, Version 22. Opuscula Philolichenum 17:6-268. [http://sweetgum.nybg.org/philolichenum/]
Esslinger, T.L. and R.S. Egan. 1995. A sixth checklist of the lichen-forming, lichenicolous, and allied fungi of the continental United States and Canada. The Bryologist 98(4): 467-549.
Hale, M.E. 1979. How to know the lichens. Second edition. The Pictured Key Nature Series, Wm. C. Brown Co. Publishers, Dubuque, Iowa.
Lendemer, J.C. and R.C. Harris. 2006. <i>Hypotrachyna showmanii, </i>a misunderstood species from eastern North America. Opuscula Philolichenum 3: 15-20.