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Teloschistes exilis

(Michaux) Vainio

Slender Orangebush Lichen

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Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.126980

Element CodeNLT0000260

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryFungus

KingdomFungi

PhylumAscomycota

ClassAscomycetes

OrderTeloschistales

FamilyTeloschistaceae

GenusTeloschistes

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

Review Date2001-11-27

Change Date2002-05-30

Edition Date2001-11-27

Edition AuthorsGries, D.; rev. K. McConnell

Rank Reasons

Teloschistes exilis has been collected in the Santa Cruz Mountains, the Channel Islands, and several other California counties and is very rare. The lichen has also been reported to occur from Texas to Georgia.

Range Extent Comments

It has been collected in the Santa Cruz Mountains and the Channel Islands of California (Hale 1988). Also in Marin, Riverside, and San Luis Obispo Counties; historical addition to range is Los Angeles County (Riefner 1995). Georgia.

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

United StatesN2

Province	Rank	Native
California	SNR	Yes
South Carolina	S2	Yes
Georgia	S3	Yes

CanadaNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Ontario	SU	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

Arkansas (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Brush Heap	Ouachita National Forest	4,205

References (5)

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. 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., Jr., and M. Cole. 1988. Lichens of California. University of California Press, Berkeley, California. 254 pp.
Riefner, R.E., Jr., P.A. Bowler, and B.D. Ryan. 1995. New and interesting records of lichens from California. Bulletin of the California Lichen Society 2(2) Winter 1995. Online. Available: http://ucjeps.herb.berkeley.edu/rlmoe/cals2_2.html. Accessed 1999, January 25.