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Cornicularia normoerica

(Gunn.) Du Rietz

Mountain Bootstrap Lichen

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G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.124868
Element CodeNLLEC44010
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryFungus
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomFungi
PhylumAscomycota
ClassLecanoromycetes
OrderLecanorales
FamilyParmeliaceae
GenusCornicularia
Other Common Names
Brittle Bootstrap 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
Tehler (1996) places Cornicularia in the family Parmeliaceae, not Usneaceae as in Hale and Culberson (1970).
Conservation Status
Rank MethodPre-2010 methodology converted to 2011 data model
Review Date2013-06-10
Change Date2013-06-10
Edition Date2000-11-17
Edition AuthorsMcDonald, L.
Rank Reasons
"This species occurs circumpolar arctic-alpine to subalpine with coastal affinities; southern Alaska to northern California, east to northwest Montana and rare east of the Cascades, occasional on west slope of the Cascades and the Olympic Peninsula" (McCune and Geiser 1997). Thomson (1984) reports it from eight localities in western North America, as well as Iceland and Europe.
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (2)
CanadaN4
ProvinceRankNative
AlbertaS2Yes
British ColumbiaS4Yes
QuebecSHYes
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
WashingtonS2Yes
MontanaS1Yes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (3)
Oregon (3)
AreaForestAcres
ElkhornWillamette National Forest9,380
Hardesty MountainUmpqua National Forest2,597
Opal CreekWillamette National Forest5,417
References (4)
  1. 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/]
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Thomson, J.W. 1984. American arctic lichens. 1. The macrolichens. Columbia University Press, N.Y. 504 pp.