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Parmotrema arnoldii

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Powdered Ruffle Lichen

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G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.125311

Element CodeNLT0020780

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryFungus

KingdomFungi

PhylumAscomycota

ClassLecanoromycetes

OrderLecanorales

FamilyParmeliaceae

GenusParmotrema

Other Common Names

Parmotrème d'Arnold (FR)

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 Date2000-12-12

Change Date2001-01-21

Edition Date2000-12-12

Edition AuthorsMcDonald, L.

Rank Reasons

"Parmeliopsis arnoldii is found on trees from the upper Great Lakes and New England southward to Georgia" (Flenniken 1999).

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
New Brunswick	S1	Yes
British Columbia	S5	Yes
Ontario	S2	Yes

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Georgia	SNR	Yes
Kentucky	S5	Yes
Minnesota	SNR	Yes
Alaska	S2	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (3)

West Virginia (3)

Area	Forest	Acres
Cranberry Addition	Monongahela National Forest	11,123
Cranberry Glades Botanical Area	Monongahela National Forest	785
Falls Of Hills Creek	Monongahela National Forest	6,925

References (4)

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.
Flenniken, D.G. The Macrolichens in West Virginia. Carlisle Printing, Ohio.
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.