Cladonia sulphurina

(Michaux) Fr.

Greater Sulphur-cup Lichen

G5Secure Found in 1 roadless area NatureServe Explorer →
G5SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.125627
Element CodeNLT0008970
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryFungus
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomFungi
PhylumAscomycota
ClassLecanoromycetes
OrderLecanorales
FamilyCladoniaceae
GenusCladonia
Other Common Names
Cladonie soufrée (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. As supplied by USDA, NRCS from The PLANTS database. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA. Version: November 19, 1997.
Conservation Status
Rank MethodPre-2010 methodology converted to 2011 data model
Review Date2013-06-10
Change Date2013-06-10
Edition Date2000-11-17
Edition AuthorsMcDonald, L.
Rank Reasons
"This species is widespread, most common in cool continental forests, sparse in the western Cascades, and frequent in the Rocky Mountains" (McCune and Geiser 1997). The "widespread" in the previous sentence most likely applies to the Pacific Northwest region (L. McDonald). It is circumpolar and frequent in western Canada and Alaska (c.f. Thomson 1984).
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (2)
CanadaN5
ProvinceRankNative
Northwest TerritoriesS4Yes
QuebecS5Yes
British ColumbiaS5Yes
OntarioS5Yes
LabradorS5Yes
SaskatchewanS2Yes
Island of NewfoundlandS4Yes
ManitobaS4Yes
Nova ScotiaS1Yes
Yukon TerritoryS5Yes
NunavutS3Yes
AlbertaS4Yes
New BrunswickS2Yes
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
ColoradoSNRYes
WisconsinS1Yes
MontanaSNRYes
MinnesotaSNRYes
WyomingSNRYes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (1)
Alaska (1)
AreaForestAcres
Nellie JuanChugach National Forest713,697
References (4)
  1. 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/]
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Thomson, J.W. 1984. American arctic lichens. 1. The macrolichens. Columbia University Press, N.Y. 504 pp.