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Lecidella elaeochroma

(Ach.) Hazsl.

a disk lichen

G5Secure (G5?) Found in 1 roadless area NatureServe Explorer →

G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.122300

Element CodeNLT0016110

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryFungus

KingdomFungi

PhylumAscomycota

ClassLecanoromycetes

OrderLecanorales

FamilyLecanoraceae

GenusLecidella

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

Review Date2002-12-16

Change Date2002-12-16

Edition Date2002-12-16

Edition AuthorsOliver, L.

Rank Reasons

Known widely from Europe and ranges in North America from Alaska to the mouth of the Mackenzie River south to California and east to Ontario and New England. It grows on bark and twigs of a variety of trees and shrubs (Thomson 1997).

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Minnesota	SNR	Yes
Wyoming	SNR	Yes
Kentucky	SH	Yes
Georgia	SNR	Yes
Montana	SNR	Yes

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
Labrador	SNR	Yes
Island of Newfoundland	SNR	Yes
Alberta	SU	Yes
Saskatchewan	S4	Yes
Ontario	SU	Yes
Quebec	SNR	Yes
Manitoba	S3	Yes
British Columbia	S5	Yes
Yukon Territory	SH	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

North Carolina (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Little Indian (addition)	Nantahala National Forest	640

References (5)

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.
Thomson, J.W. 1997. American Arctic Lichens. 2. The Microlichens. The University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, Wisconsin. 675 pp.