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Brodoa oroarctica

(Krog) Goward

Mountain Sausage Lichen

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G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.125531

Element CodeNLLEC6E010

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryFungus

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

KingdomFungi

PhylumAscomycota

ClassLecanoromycetes

OrderLecanorales

FamilyParmeliaceae

GenusBrodoa

Other Common Names

Brodoée des montagnes (FR) Mountain Diamondback 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.

Conservation Status

Rank MethodPre-2010 methodology converted to 2011 data model

Review Date2013-06-04

Change Date2013-06-04

Edition Date1998-12-01

Edition AuthorsGRIES, D., rev. A. Olivero (2002)

Rank Reasons

Circumpolar; occurs in the arctic and northern boreal and alpine regions to the south (Nash et al. 2002). Brodoa oroarctica grows on noncalcareous rock in arctic-alpine tundra to subalpine rocky ridges. In North America, the lichen is know from the arctic south to Oregon and New Mexico (McCune and Geiser 1997).

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Grows on noncalcareous rock, occasionally overgrowing adjacent mosses and alpine sod. Habitat is arctic-alpine tundra to subalpine rocky ridges, exposed or somewhat sheltered by surrounding rock (McCune and Geiser 1997).

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
New Mexico	SNR	Yes
Colorado	SNR	Yes
Washington	S1	Yes
Wyoming	SNR	Yes
Montana	SNR	Yes
Oregon	SNR	Yes

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
Nunavut	S4	Yes
Northwest Territories	S4	Yes
Alberta	SU	Yes
Labrador	SU	Yes
British Columbia	S5	Yes
Quebec	S4	Yes
Yukon Territory	S3	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (2)

Montana (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Coal Ridge Ra 1127	Flathead National Forest	15,429
Thompson Seton RA 1483	Flathead National Forest	52,235

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.
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.
Nash, T. H., B. D. Ryan, C. Gries, and F. Bungartz, eds. 2002. Lichen flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert region. Volume 1. Lichens Unlimited, Department of Plant Biology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. 532 pp.