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Flakea papillata

O. Eriksson

a lichen

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Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.817238
Element CodeNLVER00100
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryFungus
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomFungi
PhylumAscomycota
ClassEurotiomycetes
OrderVerrucariales
FamilyVerrucariaceae
GenusFlakea
Concept Reference
Eriksson, O.E. 1992. Psorglaena cubneissi and Flakea papillata gen. et sp. nov., two corticolous lichens with a pantropical distribution. Systema Ascomycetum 11: 11-27.
Conservation Status
Review Date2009-05-21
Change Date2009-05-21
Edition Date2009-05-21
Edition AuthorsTomaino, A.
Rank Reasons
Widespread in eastern North America from southern Ohio to Florida. Also reported from the Caribbean, South America, Africa, Australia/Oceania, the Galapagos Islands, the Chagos Archipelago, and the Japanese Archipelago.
Range Extent Comments
In North America, it is reported from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia (Perlmutter 2006). It is also reported from the Caribbean, South America, Africa, Australia/Oceania, the Galapagos Islands, and the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean northward into the Japanese Archipelago (Eriksson 1992; Weber 1993; Thor & Kashiwadani 1996; Seward & Aptroot 2002 cited by Perlmutter 2006).
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

In humid habitats near water such as creek banks and along waterfalls (Perlmutter 2006).
Other Nations (1)
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
South CarolinaSNRYes
TennesseeSNRYes
West VirginiaSNRYes
IllinoisSNRYes
OhioSNRYes
ArkansasSNRYes
AlabamaSNRYes
GeorgiaSNRYes
KentuckyS5Yes
FloridaSNRYes
North CarolinaS3Yes
PennsylvaniaSNRYes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (1)
North Carolina (1)
AreaForestAcres
Craggy MountainPisgah National Forest2,657
References (3)
  1. Eriksson, O.E. 1992. <i>Psorglaena cubneissi</i> and <i>Flakea papillata</i> gen. et sp. nov., two corticolous lichens with a pantropical distribution. Systema Ascomycetum 11: 11-27.
  2. 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/]
  3. 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.