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Flavocetraria cucullata

(Bellardi) Karnefelt & Thell

Curled Snow Lichen

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G5SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.121912
Element CodeNLT0010800
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryFungus
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomFungi
PhylumAscomycota
ClassLecanoromycetes
OrderLecanorales
FamilyParmeliaceae
GenusFlavocetraria
Synonyms
Cetraria cucullata(Bellardi) Ach.Nephromopsis cucullata(Bellardi) Divakar, Crespo & Lumbsch
Other Common Names
Cétraire à capuchons (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.
Taxonomic Comments
Treated as Cetraria cucullata in Egan (1987).
Conservation Status
Rank MethodPre-2010 methodology converted to 2011 data model
Review Date2013-06-11
Change Date1990-07-17
Edition Date1990-07-17
Edition AuthorsPITTAM, SHERRY K.
Range Extent20,000-2,500,000 square km (about 8000-1,000,000 square miles)
Number of Occurrences81 to >300
Rank Reasons
WIDE RANGE, HABITAT BREADTH, AND ABUNDANCE AT KNOWN SITES.
Range Extent Comments
CIRCUMPOLAR, WITH SPOTTY DISTRIBUTION. EDGE OF RANGE IN USSR IS ESTONIA WHERE IT IS RARE (PER JURI MARTINE, PER COMMUNICATION). EXTENDS TO MOUNTAINS OF NEW ENGLAND AND NEW MEXICO BUT NOT COMMON THERE.
Occurrences Comments
MORE THAN 100. FIELD COLLECTED, 1990, AT EVERY ONE OF 25 SITES COLLECTED WITH VARYING DEGREES OF ABUNDANCE. ALL 25 SITES 85 MILES E AND W OF TOOLIK LAKE ALASKA ON A TRANSECT OF ABOUT 50 MILES NORTH AND SOUTH.
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

ROCKY UPLAND LICHEN HEATH TUNDRA OR HUMMOCKY BRYOID TUNDRA.
Other Nations (2)
CanadaN5
ProvinceRankNative
Northwest TerritoriesS4Yes
Nova ScotiaS1Yes
SaskatchewanS3Yes
OntarioS4Yes
British ColumbiaS5Yes
Yukon TerritoryS5Yes
Island of NewfoundlandS4Yes
ManitobaS3Yes
NunavutS5Yes
QuebecS5Yes
LabradorS4Yes
New BrunswickS1Yes
AlbertaS4Yes
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
ColoradoSNRYes
WyomingSNRYes
MontanaSNRYes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (7)
Alaska (1)
AreaForestAcres
ResurrectionChugach National Forest224,615
New Hampshire (2)
AreaForestAcres
Great Gulf Ext.White Mountain National Forest15,110
Presidential - Dry River ExtWhite Mountain National Forest10,555
Washington (4)
AreaForestAcres
Granite MountainOkanogan National Forest27,428
Long SwampOkanogan National Forest66,344
QuilceneOlympic National Forest18,656
TiffanyOkanogan National Forest22,045
References (2)
  1. 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/]
  2. 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.