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Pycnothelia papillaria

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Nipple Lichen

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G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.123531

Element CodeNLLEC9F010

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryFungus

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

KingdomFungi

PhylumAscomycota

ClassLecanoromycetes

OrderLecanorales

FamilyCladoniaceae

GenusPycnothelia

Other Common Names

Gnome Fingers (EN)

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 Date2017-02-14

Change Date2017-02-14

Edition Date2001-11-19

Edition AuthorsK. McConnell

Rank Reasons

This lichen occurs along the east coast from the Florida panhandle to eastern Canada (Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and P.E.I.). It also occurs in the Ozarks region and in Minnesota. This species typically grows in relatively open sites on sandy or gravelly areas.

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Wyoming	SNR	Yes
Kentucky	S3	Yes
Georgia	SNR	Yes
Pennsylvania	SNR	Yes
Alaska	S2	Yes
Missouri	S1	Yes

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
Island of Newfoundland	S2	Yes
Quebec	S1	Yes
New Brunswick	S4	Yes
Nova Scotia	S5	Yes
Prince Edward Island	SU	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

New Hampshire (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Great Gulf Ext.	White Mountain National Forest	15,110

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.