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Physcia subtilis

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Slender Rosette Lichen

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G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.125658

Element CodeNLTES11730

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryFungus

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

KingdomFungi

PhylumAscomycota

ClassLecanoromycetes

OrderLecanorales

FamilyPhysciaceae

GenusPhyscia

Other Common Names

rosette 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.

Taxonomic Comments

Stable: distinct species, see M. Hale, 1979, How to Know the Lichens; and J. Thomson, 1963. The lichen genus Physcia in N. Am., Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia, Heft 7. May be endemic to No. Am.

Conservation Status

Rank MethodExpertise without calculation

Review Date2017-08-04

Change Date2017-08-04

Edition Date2000-12-13

Edition AuthorsMcDonald, L.

Rank Reasons

"Physica subtilis can be found on sandstone and granite in exposed areas over much of eastern United States" (Flenniken 1999).

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaNU

Province	Rank	Native
Manitoba	S3	Yes
New Brunswick	S2	Yes
Quebec	S3	Yes
Island of Newfoundland	SNR	Yes
Nova Scotia	S2	Yes
Alberta	SU	Yes

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Pennsylvania	SNR	Yes
North Carolina	SNR	Yes
Kentucky	S5	Yes
Georgia	SNR	Yes
Wisconsin	S4	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

Alabama (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Blue Mountain	Talladega National Forest	4,986

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.
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.