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Rhizoplaca subdiscrepans

(Nyl.) R. Sant.

Scattered Rock-posy Lichen

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Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.123525

Element CodeNLT0026250

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryFungus

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

KingdomFungi

PhylumAscomycota

ClassLecanoromycetes

OrderLecanorales

FamilyLecanoraceae

GenusRhizoplaca

Synonyms

Sedelnikovaea subdiscrepans(Nyl.) S.Y. Kondr., Lokös & Farkas

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. As supplied by USDA, NRCS from The PLANTS database. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA. Version: November 19, 1997.

Conservation Status

Review Date2001-11-26

Change Date2002-05-30

Edition Date2001-11-26

Edition AuthorsK. McConnell

Rank Reasons

This lichen occurs in the Four Corners region in the southwestern U.S. and from Minnesota to North Carolina and Maine. This species typically grows in open sites on granitic rocks.

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Wyoming	SNR	Yes
Kentucky	S2	Yes
Pennsylvania	SNR	Yes
Colorado	SNR	Yes
Georgia	SNR	Yes
Montana	SNR	Yes
Minnesota	SNR	Yes

CanadaN4

Province	Rank	Native
Nova Scotia	S1	Yes
Manitoba	SU	Yes
Saskatchewan	S1	Yes
Northwest Territories	SU	Yes
Nunavut	SU	Yes
Quebec	SNR	Yes
Ontario	S4	Yes
British Columbia	S4	Yes
Yukon Territory	SU	Yes
Alberta	SU	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (5)

Minnesota (4)

Area	Forest	Acres
Baker - Homer - Brule Lakes	Superior National Forest	6,712
Brule Lake - Eagle Mountain	Superior National Forest	12,380
Kawishiwi Lake To Sawbill	Superior National Forest	15,305
Phantom Lake	Superior National Forest	6,521

West Virginia (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
North Mountain Hopeville	Monongahela National Forest	6,525

References (3)

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. As supplied by USDA, NRCS from The PLANTS database. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA. Version: November 19, 1997.