Ochrolechia africana

Vainio

Frosty Saucer Lichen

G5Secure Found in 1 roadless area NatureServe Explorer →
G5SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.124380
Element CodeNLT0019810
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryFungus
KingdomFungi
PhylumAscomycota
ClassLecanoromycetes
OrderPertusariales
FamilyPertusariaceae
GenusOchrolechia
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 Date2002-06-17
Change Date2002-06-17
Edition Date2002-06-18
Edition AuthorsHam, V.
Rank Reasons
This lichen occurs across the southeastern United States from Texas and Missouri east to the mid-Atlantic and Florida and in California and Arizona. This species grows on the bark of deciduous trees and on bald cypress and palms.
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (2)
CanadaNNR
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
GeorgiaSNRYes
KentuckyS5Yes
North CarolinaSNRYes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (1)
Tennessee (1)
AreaForestAcres
Stone MountainCherokee National Forest5,367
References (6)
  1. Brodo, I. M., S. D. Sharnoff and S. Sharnoff. 2001. Lichens of North America. Yale University Press. New Haven and London. 795 pp.
  2. 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/]
  3. 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.
  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. 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.
  6. Seavey, F., and J. Seavey. 2014. Four new species and sixteen new lichen records for North America from Everglades National Park. The Bryologist 117(4):395-404.