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Collema nigrescens

(Huds.) DC.

Blistered Jelly Lichen

G5Secure (G5?) Found in 2 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G5SecureGlobal Rank

LowThreat Impact

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.123378

Element CodeNLLEC40360

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryFungus

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

KingdomFungi

PhylumAscomycota

ClassLecanoromycetes

OrderPeltigerales

FamilyCollemataceae

GenusCollema

Other Common Names

Blistered Tarpaper Lichen (EN) Collème noirâtre (FR)

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

Review Date2006-06-30

Change Date2002-12-23

Edition Date2002-11-30

Edition AuthorsDaphne Stone

Threat ImpactLow

Range Extent>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)

Number of Occurrences> 300

Rank Reasons

A widespread species that occurs on five continents. Not as susceptible to air pollution as twig-growing lichens.

Range Extent Comments

Collema nigrescens is found throughout much of the world: the West Coast and eastern North America, Central America, Europe, North Africa, Asia and Australia (Dey 1978). Rare in the Appalachian Mountains (Dey 1978).

Threat Impact Comments

Cutting or other destruction of oak trees could damage populations quickly. Lives on boles, so not as exposed to pollution as twig spp. Collema furfuraceum, a closely related species, is sensitive to air pollution. Extinct in Estonia (per Estonian Red list on web) but reason not clear.

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Indiana	SNR	Yes
North Carolina	SNR	Yes
Washington	S3	Yes
Pennsylvania	SNR	Yes
Kentucky	SH	Yes
Colorado	SNR	Yes
Missouri	SU	Yes
Minnesota	SNR	Yes
Georgia	SNR	Yes

CanadaN4

Province	Rank	Native
Quebec	S3	Yes
Yukon Territory	SU	Yes
New Brunswick	S3	Yes
Prince Edward Island	S1	Yes
British Columbia	S4	Yes
Alberta	SU	Yes
Northwest Territories	SNR	Yes
Nova Scotia	S3	Yes
Ontario	S2	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (2)

California (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Cow Creek	Shasta-Trinity National Forest	22,627
Cub Creek	Lassen National Forest	8,643

References (10)

Brodo, I. M., S. D. Sharnoff and S. Sharnoff. 2001. Lichens of North America. Yale University Press. New Haven and London. 795 pp.
Dey, J.P. 1978. Fruticose and foliose lichens of the high-mountain areas of the Southern Appalachians. The Bryologist 81(1): 1-93.
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.
Estonian website accessed through www.lichen.com
Hutten, M., U. Arup, O. Breuss, T. L. Esslinger, A. M. Fryday, K. Knudsen, J. C. Lendemer, C. Printzen, H. T. Root, M. Schultz, J. Sheard, T. Tønsberg, and B. McCune. 2013. Lichens and Lichenicolous Fungi of Yosemite National Park, California. North American Fungi 8(11): 1-47. doi: http://dx.doi:10.2509/naf2013.008.011
Knudsen, K., and J. Kocourková. 2012. The Annotated Checklist of Lichens, Lichenicolous and Allied Fungi of Channel Islands National Park. Opuscula Philolichenum 11:145-302.
Ladd, D. 1991. Preliminary list of the rare and endangered macrolichens of Missouri. Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Sciences 25: 5-12.
Marcos L.B. 1985. Contributions to the chorological study of some epiphytic cyanophilales of the mountain ranges of Salamanca Spain. Studia Botanica 159-164.
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.