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Menegazzia terebrata

(Hoffm.) Massal.

Port-hole Lichen

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G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.122049

Element CodeNLLEC0T010

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryFungus

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

KingdomFungi

PhylumAscomycota

ClassLecanoromycetes

OrderLecanorales

FamilyParmeliaceae

GenusMenegazzia

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 MethodExpertise without calculation

Review Date2017-04-21

Change Date2017-04-21

Edition Date2000-09-29

Edition AuthorsGRIES, D. (1998)

Rank Reasons

Menegazzia terebrata grows on trees and shrubs in moist oceanic forests, often in riparian areas. The lichen is known from Alaska to California and from Michigan and Ontario. It is especially common in the Coast Ranges and is more scattered on the western slope of the Cascades.

Range Extent Comments

Alaska to California; occurs west of the Cascades (McCune and Geiser 1997). Also known from Michigan and Ontario.

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Grows on trees (mainly hardwoods) and shrubs; especially frequent on Alnus rubra. Grows in moist oceanic forests, often in riparian areas (McCune and Geiser 1997).

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
New Brunswick	S4	Yes
Prince Edward Island	S1	Yes
British Columbia	S4	Yes
Island of Newfoundland	S3	Yes
Ontario	S2	Yes
Nova Scotia	S4	Yes
Quebec	S3	Yes

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Washington	SNR	Yes
California	SNR	Yes
Michigan	SNR	Yes
Oregon	SNR	Yes
Kentucky	S2	Yes
Wisconsin	S1	Yes
Minnesota	S3	Yes
North Carolina	SNR	Yes
Pennsylvania	SNR	Yes
Alaska	SNR	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

Oregon (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Menagerie (rooster Rock)	Willamette National Forest	374

References (3)

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.
McCune, B. and L. Geiser. 1997. Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, Oregon. A co-publication with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. 386 pp.