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Cladonia turgida

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Crazy-scale Lichen

G5Secure Found in 2 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.124258

Element CodeNLT0009010

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 enflée (FR) Crazy-scale 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. 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 Date2001-02-28

Edition AuthorsMcDonald, L.

Rank Reasons

Cladonia turgida grows on mineral rich soils and humus from Canada to New England and south to West Virginia (Flenniken 1999). Also, this lichen species is circumboreal and occurs from Canada and Alaska and south to Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin. It is also found in the Rocky Mountains (Thomson 1967).

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
Island of Newfoundland	S3	Yes
Saskatchewan	S2	Yes
Quebec	S5	Yes
Ontario	S5	Yes
Prince Edward Island	SU	Yes
New Brunswick	S4	Yes
Alberta	S2	Yes
Nova Scotia	S5	Yes
Labrador	SU	Yes
Northwest Territories	SU	Yes
Manitoba	S4	Yes

United StatesNNR

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

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (2)

Minnesota (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Baker - Homer - Brule Lakes	Superior National Forest	6,712
Hegman Lakes	Superior National Forest	675

References (4)

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.
Flenniken, D.G. The Macrolichens in West Virginia. Carlisle Printing, Ohio.
Thomson, J. W. 1967. The lichen genus Cladonia in North America. University of Toronto Press, Toronto.