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Placidium arboreum

(Schwein. ex E. Michener) Lendemer

Tree Stipplescale Lichen

G5Secure Found in 2 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.122962

Element CodeNLTEST9190

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryFungus

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

KingdomFungi

PhylumAscomycota

ClassEurotiomycetes

OrderVerrucariales

FamilyVerrucariaceae

GenusPlacidium

Synonyms

Catapyrenium tuckermanii(Rav. et Mont.) ThomsonDermatocarpon tuckermanii(Ravenel ex Mont.) Zahlbr.Placidium tuckermanii(Ravenel ex Mont.) Breuss

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.

Taxonomic Comments

See J. Thomson, 1987. The lichen genera Catapyrenium and Placidiopsis in North America. The Bryologist 90(1):2;7-39. Esslinger (2014) recognizes Catapyrenium tuckermanii as Placidium arboreum.

Conservation Status

Review Date1992-08-18

Change Date1992-08-18

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Kentucky	S5	Yes
Pennsylvania	SNR	Yes
Minnesota	SNR	Yes
Wyoming	SNR	Yes
Iowa	SH	Yes
Georgia	SNR	Yes

CanadaN2

Province	Rank	Native
Ontario	S2	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (2)

Alabama (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Blue Mountain	Talladega National Forest	4,986

West Virginia (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Mcgowan Mountain	Monongahela National Forest	10,504

References (4)

Brodo, I. M., S. D. Sharnoff and S. Sharnoff. 2001. Lichens of North America. Yale University Press. New Haven and London. 795 pp.
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.