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Lecanora allophana

Nyl.

Brown-eyed Rim Lichen

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G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.127670

Element CodeNLT0013170

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryFungus

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

KingdomFungi

PhylumAscomycota

ClassLecanoromycetes

OrderLecanorales

FamilyLecanoraceae

GenusLecanora

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 MethodExpertise without calculation

Review Date2015-10-02

Change Date2015-10-02

Edition Date2001-11-13

Edition AuthorsK. McConnell

Rank Reasons

This lichen, which typically grows on bark (especially on poplar and ash), occurs throughout the eastern U.S. and Canada. This species also occurs disjunctly in central-coastal California, Colorado and southern Manitoba.

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN5

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

United StatesNNR

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

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

Minnesota (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Cabin Creek	Superior National Forest	6,071

References (5)

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
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.