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Hypogymnia krogiae

Ohlsson

Freckled Tube Lichen

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G5SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.125782
Element CodeNLLEC84170
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryFungus
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomFungi
PhylumAscomycota
ClassLecanoromycetes
OrderLecanorales
FamilyParmeliaceae
GenusHypogymnia
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
Species segregated from H. enteromorpha by Ohlsson, 1973. Bryologist 76:377. Listed by Esslinger & Egan (1995) without synonomy. Hale (1979) and Dey (1978) spell the epithet "krogii".
Conservation Status
Rank MethodExpertise without calculation
Review Date2017-02-14
Change Date2017-02-14
Edition Date1999-01-19
Edition AuthorsGRIES, D.
Rank Reasons
Narrowly endemic to the Appalachians, Hypogymnia krogiae is rather common in the mountains, growing on twigs and branches of conifers at high elevations southward or in exposed sites in New England and north. The lichen is more common at higher elevations and is infrequently found growing on rock.
Range Extent Comments
Narrowly endemic to the Appalachian Mountains, known from Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and P.E.I. in Canada; North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia (Dey 1978). Extending to New England and northward (Hale 1979).
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Grows on twigs and branches of conifers at high elevations southward or in exposed sites in New England and north (Hale 1979). Grows on Abies and Picea, infrequently on rock, Rhododendron and hardwoods, usually in spruce-fir and fire cherry communities (Dey 1978).
Other Nations (2)
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
PennsylvaniaSNRYes
TennesseeSNRYes
North CarolinaSNRYes
VirginiaS1Yes
CanadaN5
ProvinceRankNative
Prince Edward IslandS1Yes
Nova ScotiaS5Yes
New BrunswickS4Yes
QuebecS4Yes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (6)
New Hampshire (1)
AreaForestAcres
Dartmouth RangeWhite Mountain National Forest9,233
North Carolina (4)
AreaForestAcres
Balsam ConePisgah National Forest10,591
BearwallowPisgah National Forest4,113
Graveyard Ridge (addition)Pisgah National Forest1,958
Sam Knob (addition)Pisgah National Forest2,576
West Virginia (1)
AreaForestAcres
Seneca CreekMonongahela National Forest22,287
References (4)
  1. Dey, J.P. 1978. Fruticose and foliose lichens of the high-mountain areas of the Southern Appalachians. The Bryologist 81(1): 1-93.
  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. 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.
  4. Hale, M.E. 1979. How to know the lichens. Second edition. The Pictured Key Nature Series, Wm. C. Brown Co. Publishers, Dubuque, Iowa.