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Lecidea atrobrunnea

(Raymond ex Lam. & DC.) Schaerer

Brown Tile Lichen

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G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.123979

Element CodeNLT0014740

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryFungus

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

KingdomFungi

PhylumAscomycota

ClassLecanoromycetes

OrderLecanorales

FamilyLecideaceae

GenusLecidea

Other Common Names

Lecidea Lichen (EN) lecidea 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.

Taxonomic Comments

Esslinger (2016) recognizes three distinct subspecies in Lecidea atrobrunnea (ssp. atrobrunnea, deplanaica, and planaica). Esslinger (2018) elevates L. atrobrunnea ssp. deplanaica (= L. deplanaica) to full species level.

Conservation Status

Review Date2001-11-13

Change Date2002-05-30

Edition Date2001-11-13

Edition AuthorsK. McConnell

Rank Reasons

This lichen, which grows on rocks in open areas, occurs in the Northwest Territories and south along the Cascade and Rocky mountain ranges in the U.S. It also occurs disjunctly in two areas in Arizona.

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNR

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

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
Nunavut	S3	Yes
Northwest Territories	S5	Yes
Yukon Territory	S4	Yes
Ontario	S3	Yes
Nova Scotia	SU	Yes
Saskatchewan	S2	Yes
Quebec	SNR	Yes
Island of Newfoundland	SNR	Yes
British Columbia	S5	Yes
Manitoba	S2	Yes
Alberta	S3	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (5)

Colorado (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Bristol Head	Rio Grande NF	46,087
Hermosa	San Juan NF	148,103

Utah (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
418040	Uinta National Forest	1,702
White Pine	Wasatch-Cache National Forest	1,942

Wyoming (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Cloud Peak Contiguous	Bighorn National Forest	113,757

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. 2016. A cumulative checklist for the lichen-forming, lichenicolous and allied fungi of the Continental United States and Canada, Version 21. Opuscula Philolichenum 15: 136-390.
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