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Acarospora fuscata

(Schrader) Arnold

Brown Cobblestone Lichen

G5Secure Found in 2 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.122304

Element CodeNLT0000620

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryFungus

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

KingdomFungi

PhylumAscomycota

ClassLecanoromycetes

OrderAcarosporales

FamilyAcarosporaceae

GenusAcarospora

Other Common Names

Acarospore brune (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 MethodExpertise without calculation

Review Date2015-05-19

Change Date2013-06-03

Edition Date2001-01-29

Edition AuthorsL. McDonald

Rank Reasons

Acarospora fuscata is the most common member of the genus and occurs across the Northern Hemisphere. Specifically, in North America it occurs south to California, Arizona, Nevada and across to Virginia in the east (Thomson 1997).

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Acarospora fuscata "grows on granitic rocks, cliffs, boulders, and especially on bird-perched rocks, occasionally on old wood" (Thomson 1997).

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Colorado	SNR	Yes
Montana	SNR	Yes
Pennsylvania	SNR	Yes
Minnesota	SNR	Yes
Kentucky	S5	Yes
Georgia	SNR	Yes
Wyoming	SNR	Yes
Alabama	SNR	Yes

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
Island of Newfoundland	SNR	Yes
Quebec	SNR	Yes
British Columbia	S5	Yes
Labrador	SNR	Yes
Nova Scotia	S4	Yes
Northwest Territories	S4	Yes
Prince Edward Island	SU	Yes
Alberta	S3	Yes
Yukon Territory	SU	Yes
Nunavut	SU	Yes
New Brunswick	S5	Yes
Ontario	S5	Yes
Manitoba	S3	Yes
Saskatchewan	S3	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (2)

Colorado (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Pole Mountain / Finger Mesa	Rio Grande NF	43,863

Georgia (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Sarah's Creek	Chattahoochee National Forest	6,888

References (5)

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.
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.
Thomson, J.W. 1997. American Arctic Lichens. 2. The Microlichens. The University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, Wisconsin. 675 pp.