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Buellia erubescens

Arnold

a lichen

G5Secure Found in 3 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1047031

Element CodeNLLEC0S090

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryFungus

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

KingdomFungi

PhylumAscomycota

ClassLecanoromycetes

OrderLecanorales

FamilyPhysciaceae

GenusBuellia

Concept Reference

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/]

Taxonomic Comments

Esslinger (2018) expands the concept of Buellia erubescens to include B. stillingiana, while Esslinger and Egan (1995) treated them as distinct.

Conservation Status

Rank MethodExpertise without calculation

Review Date2018-06-07

Change Date2018-06-07

Edition Date2001-02-06

Edition AuthorsL. McDonald

Rank Reasons

Buellia erubescens grows on old wood and bark, usually of conifers, with a few occurrences on Quercus. In North America this lichen species occurs in the west from Texas, Arizona, and Mexico, to the Yukon and east to Wisconsin (Thomson 1997).

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN5

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

United StatesNNR

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

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (3)

Minnesota (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Cabin Creek	Superior National Forest	6,071

New Hampshire (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Kinsman Mountain	White Mountain National Forest	8,999

Tennessee (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Flint Mill Gap	Cherokee National Forest	9,494

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.
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
Lucking, R., F. Seavey, R.S. Common, S.Q. Beeching, O. Breuss, W.R. Buck, L. Crane, M. Hodges, B.P. Hodkinson, E. Lay, J.C. Lendemer, R.T. McMullin, J.A. Mercado-Díaz, M.P. Nelsen, E. Rivas Plata, W. Safranek, W.B. Sanders, H.P. Schaefer Jr., and J. Seavey. 2011. The lichens of Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, Florida: Proceedings from the 18th Tuckerman Workshop. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 49(4):127-186.
Thomson, J.W. 1997. American Arctic Lichens. 2. The Microlichens. The University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, Wisconsin. 675 pp.