Kaernefeltia merrillii
(Du Rietz) Thell & Goward
Flattened Thornbush Lichen
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.122774
Element CodeNLT0030130
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryFungus
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomFungi
PhylumAscomycota
ClassLecanoromycetes
OrderLecanorales
FamilyParmeliaceae
GenusKaernefeltia
SynonymsCetraria merrilliiDu RietzNephromopsis merrillii(Du Rietz) Divakar, Crespo & LumbschTuckermannopsis merrillii(Du Rietz) Hale
Concept ReferenceEsslinger, 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 CommentsEsslinger (2018) transfers Tuckermannopsis merrillii to Kaernefeltia merrillii; these represent the same concept for the element. Kaernefeltia merrillii of Nash et al. (2002).
Conservation Status
Rank MethodExpertise without calculation
Review Date2015-10-02
Change Date2015-10-02
Edition Date2002-12-06
Edition AuthorsA. Olivero (2002)
Rank ReasonsOccurs in temperate/boreal areas of western North America from low altitudes to alpine areas and at intermedite altitudes in central Spain (Nash et al. 2002). Grows on bark or wood (Nash et al. 2002). In the greater Sonoran Desert region, it occurs in chaarral areas of southern California and Baja California (Nash et al. 2002).
Other Nations (2)
CanadaN5
| Province | Rank | Native |
|---|
| British Columbia | S5 | Yes |
| Saskatchewan | S1 | Yes |
| Alberta | S3 | Yes |
| Yukon Territory | S3 | Yes |
United StatesNNR
| Province | Rank | Native |
|---|
| Wyoming | SNR | Yes |
| Montana | SNR | Yes |
References (6)
- 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.
- 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
- Knudsen, K., and J. Kocourková. 2012. The Annotated Checklist of Lichens, Lichenicolous and Allied Fungi of Channel Islands National Park. Opuscula Philolichenum 11:145-302.
- Nash, T. H., B. D. Ryan, C. Gries, and F. Bungartz, eds. 2002. Lichen flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert region. Volume 1. Lichens Unlimited, Department of Plant Biology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. 532 pp.