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Biatora vernalis

(L.) Fr.

Spring Dot Lichen

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G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.125313

Element CodeNLT0004870

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryFungus

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

KingdomFungi

PhylumAscomycota

ClassLecanoromycetes

OrderLecanorales

FamilyBacidiaceae

GenusBiatora

Synonyms

Lecidea vernalis(L.) Ach.

Other Common Names

Biatore vernale (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 Date2013-06-04

Change Date2013-06-04

Edition Date2001-10-25

Edition AuthorsK. McConnell

Rank Reasons

This arctic and boreal lichen is typically found growing in shaded forests in association with mosses on rocks and tree bases, and less often on rocks. It occurs from Alaska south through the Canadian Rockies into Idaho and Montana east across the Northwest Territories and throughout eastern Canada and New England. Disjunct centers occur in southern California, southeast Arizona, central New Mexico and the Rocky Mountains in Colorado and Wyoming.

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Pennsylvania	SNR	Yes
Wyoming	SNR	Yes
Minnesota	SNR	Yes
Colorado	SNR	Yes

CanadaN5

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

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

Tennessee (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Sycamore Creek	Cherokee National Forest	6,984

References (3)

Brodo, I. M., S. D. Sharnoff and S. Sharnoff. 2001. Lichens of North America. Yale University Press. New Haven and London. 795 pp.
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.