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Pyrenula pseudobufonia

(Rehm) R.C. Harris

Eastern Pox Lichen

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G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.125878

Element CodeNLT0024870

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryFungus

KingdomFungi

PhylumAscomycota

ClassAscomycetes

OrderPyrenulales

FamilyPyrenulaceae

GenusPyrenula

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 Date2001-11-19

Change Date2002-05-30

Edition Date2001-11-19

Edition AuthorsK. McConnell

Rank Reasons

This lichen is widespread in the eastern U.S. and also occurs in southern Ontario, Quebec, and in Nova Scotia; it grows in shaded forests on broad-leaved trees.

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN4

Province	Rank	Native
Ontario	S4	Yes
British Columbia	SU	Yes
Prince Edward Island	SU	Yes
New Brunswick	SU	Yes
Island of Newfoundland	SNR	Yes
Quebec	SNR	Yes
Nova Scotia	S4	Yes

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Minnesota	SNR	Yes
Pennsylvania	SNR	Yes
Georgia	SNR	Yes
Indiana	SNR	Yes
Kentucky	S5	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

Tennessee (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Sycamore Creek	Cherokee National Forest	6,984

References (3)

Brodo, I. M., S. D. Sharnoff and S. Sharnoff. 2001. Lichens of North America. Yale University Press. New Haven and London. 795 pp.
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.