Home/Species/ Southern Soldiers

Cladonia didyma

(Fee) Vainio

Southern Soldiers

G5Secure (G5?) Found in 3 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.122613

Element CodeNLT0008380

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryFungus

KingdomFungi

PhylumAscomycota

ClassLecanoromycetes

OrderLecanorales

FamilyCladoniaceae

GenusCladonia

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 Date2000-12-06

Change Date2001-01-21

Edition Date2000-12-06

Edition AuthorsMcDonald, L.

Rank Reasons

"Cladonia didyma grows on soil in the open areas in eastern United States south of the Great Lakes" (Flenniken 1999).

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN1

Province	Rank	Native
Island of Newfoundland	SNR	Yes
Quebec	SNR	Yes

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Kentucky	S5	Yes
Georgia	SNR	Yes
Pennsylvania	SNR	Yes
Colorado	SNR	Yes
North Carolina	SNR	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (3)

Kentucky (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Wolfpen	Daniel Boone National Forest	2,835

North Carolina (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Chunky Gal (addition)	Nantahala National Forest	3,336
Harper Creek	Pisgah National Forest	7,325

References (4)

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.
Flenniken, D.G. The Macrolichens in West Virginia. Carlisle Printing, Ohio.
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.