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Coccocarpia palmicola

(Sprengel) Arvidsson & D. Gallow.

Salted Shell Lichen

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Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.122388

Element CodeNLTES10080

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryFungus

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

KingdomFungi

PhylumAscomycota

ClassLecanoromycetes

OrderLecanorales

FamilyCoccocarpiaceae

GenusCoccocarpia

Synonyms

Coccocarpia cronia(Tuck.) Vainio

Other Common Names

Coccocarpia Lichen (EN) coccocarpia lichen (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.

Taxonomic Comments

See L. Arvidsson, 1982. A monograph of the lichen genus Coccocarpia. Opera Botanica 67.

Conservation Status

Review Date1991-02-12

Change Date1991-02-12

Edition AuthorsPittam, Sherry K.

Range Extent>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)

Number of Occurrences81 to >300

Rank Reasons

Widespread, common, many documented sites.

Range Extent Comments

Mostly in southern hemisphere, both old and new world, extending into the north along marine influences.

Occurrences Comments

Many occurrences documented in Arvidsson.

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Mostly on tree bark, occasionally on mossy rocks and soil. See Arvidsson, cited in EGT.

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN4

Province	Rank	Native
Nova Scotia	S3	Yes
Ontario	S1	Yes
Island of Newfoundland	S4	Yes
New Brunswick	S1	Yes

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Georgia	SNR	Yes
Minnesota	S2	Yes
Wisconsin	S1	Yes
North Carolina	SNR	Yes
Pennsylvania	SNR	Yes
Kentucky	S5	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (10)

Georgia (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Miller Creek	Chattahoochee National Forest	701
Pink Knob	Chattahoochee National Forest	12,127

North Carolina (6)

Area	Forest	Acres
Big Indian (addition)	Nantahala National Forest	1,155
Chunky Gal (addition)	Nantahala National Forest	3,336
Harper Creek	Pisgah National Forest	7,325
Little Indian (addition)	Nantahala National Forest	640
Lost Cove	Pisgah National Forest	5,944
Mackey Mountain	Pisgah National Forest	5,934

Virginia (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
North Fork Pound	Jefferson National Forest	4,757

West Virginia (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Seneca Creek	Monongahela National Forest	22,287

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.
Lucking, R., F. Seavey, R.S. Common, S.Q. Beeching, O. Breuss, W.R. Buck, L. Crane, M. Hodges, B.P. Hodkinson, E. Lay, J.C. Lendemer, R.T. McMullin, J.A. Mercado-Díaz, M.P. Nelsen, E. Rivas Plata, W. Safranek, W.B. Sanders, H.P. Schaefer Jr., and J. Seavey. 2011. The lichens of Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, Florida: Proceedings from the 18th Tuckerman Workshop. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 49(4):127-186.