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
ProvinceRankNative
MinnesotaSNRYes
WyomingSNRYes
KentuckySHYes
GeorgiaSNRYes
MontanaSNRYes
CanadaN5
ProvinceRankNative
LabradorSNRYes
Island of NewfoundlandSNRYes
AlbertaSUYes
SaskatchewanS4Yes
OntarioSUYes
QuebecSNRYes
ManitobaS3Yes
British ColumbiaS5Yes
Yukon TerritorySHYes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (1)
North Carolina (1)
AreaForestAcres
Little Indian (addition)Nantahala National Forest640
References (5)
  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.
  3. 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
  4. 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.
  5. Thomson, J.W. 1997. American Arctic Lichens. 2. The Microlichens. The University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, Wisconsin. 675 pp.