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Cladonia phyllophora

Ehrh. ex Hoffm.

Felt Lichen

G5Secure Found in 1 roadless area NatureServe Explorer →

G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.124907

Element CodeNLTEST6650

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 feutrée (FR) Felt Cladonia (EN) Greater Pied Pixie Lichen (EN)

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.

Taxonomic Comments

Stable. see Ahti, T. 1979. Lichens of the Boreal coniferous Zone, in Lichen Ecology, M. Seaward, Ed.

Conservation Status

Rank MethodPre-2010 methodology converted to 2011 data model

Review Date2013-06-09

Change Date2001-01-21

Edition Date2000-12-07

Edition AuthorsMcDonald, L.

Rank Reasons

"Cladonia phyllophora grows on sandy soil in old fields, roadside banks, and in open woods in the upper Great Lakes region, southern Canada, and New England southward in the mountains to West Virginia" (Flenniken 1999).

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
Nova Scotia	S2	Yes
Northwest Territories	S4	Yes
Yukon Territory	S4	Yes
Labrador	SU	Yes
Ontario	S5	Yes
New Brunswick	SU	Yes
British Columbia	S5	Yes
Manitoba	S4	Yes
Saskatchewan	S4	Yes
Nunavut	SU	Yes
Quebec	S4	Yes
Alberta	S4	Yes
Island of Newfoundland	S4	Yes

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Kentucky	SNR	Yes
Pennsylvania	SNR	Yes
Minnesota	SNR	Yes
Indiana	SNR	Yes
Colorado	SNR	Yes
Montana	SNR	Yes
Wyoming	SNR	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

Minnesota (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Kawishiwi Lake To Sawbill	Superior National Forest	15,305

References (3)

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.
Flenniken, D.G. The Macrolichens in West Virginia. Carlisle Printing, Ohio.