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Solorina crocea

(L.) Ach.

Orange Chocolate Chip Lichen

G5Secure Found in 44 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.126172

Element CodeNLT0028010

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryFungus

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

KingdomFungi

PhylumAscomycota

ClassLecanoromycetes

OrderPeltigerales

FamilyPeltigeraceae

GenusSolorina

Other Common Names

chocolate chip lichen (EN) Solorine safran (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

Rank MethodPre-2010 methodology converted to 2011 data model

Review Date2013-06-20

Change Date2013-06-20

Edition Date2000-11-21

Edition AuthorsMcDonald, L.

Rank Reasons

"This species range is circumpolar south to California and New Mexico" (McCune and Geiser 1997).

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Colorado	SNR	Yes
Wyoming	SNR	Yes
Montana	SNR	Yes

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
British Columbia	S5	Yes
Northwest Territories	S4	Yes
Nunavut	S4	Yes
Saskatchewan	SU	Yes
Alberta	S4	Yes
Labrador	S2	Yes
Yukon Territory	S4	Yes
Quebec	S5	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (44)

Alaska (13)

Area	Forest	Acres
Cone	Tongass National Forest	128,454
Douglas Island	Tongass National Forest	28,065
Fidalgo-Gravina	Chugach National Forest	257,968
Johnson Pass	Chugach National Forest	152,508
Juneau-Skagway Icefield	Tongass National Forest	1,187,268
Kenai Lake	Chugach National Forest	213,172
Mansfield Peninsula	Tongass National Forest	54,991
Redoubt	Tongass National Forest	68,347
Resurrection	Chugach National Forest	224,615
Rhine	Tongass National Forest	23,010
Roaded Donut	Chugach National Forest	968
Sitka Urban	Tongass National Forest	112,003
Taku-Snettisham	Tongass National Forest	664,928

Montana (10)

Area	Forest	Acres
Coal Ridge Ra 1127	Flathead National Forest	15,429
Deadhorse Ridge Ra 1128	Flathead National Forest	23,648
Electric Peak	Helena National Forest	27,872
Electric Peak	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	17,997
Evans Gulch	Lolo National Forest	8,059
Middle Mtn. / Tobacco Roots	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	96,487
Ten Lakes #683	Kootenai National Forest	48,545
Thompson Seton #483	Kootenai National Forest	29,379
Thompson Seton RA 1483	Flathead National Forest	52,235
Willard Estelle #173	Kootenai National Forest	3,714

Oregon (6)

Area	Forest	Acres
Echo Mountain	Willamette National Forest	8,098
North Paulina	Deschutes National Forest	19,670
Olallie	Mt. Hood National Forest	7,607
Opal Creek	Willamette National Forest	5,417
South Paulina	Deschutes National Forest	9,074
Twin Mountain	Wallowa-Whitman National Forest	58,533

Washington (15)

Area	Forest	Acres
Bald Snow	Colville National Forest	23,198
Glacier Peak K	Mt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest	47,269
Glacier Peak L	Mt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest	14,084
Granite Mountain	Okanogan National Forest	27,428
Grassy Top	Idaho Panhandle National Forests	13,485
Liberty Bell	Okanogan National Forest	108,495
Long Swamp	Okanogan National Forest	66,344
Mt. Baker Ma	Mt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest	24,847
Mt. Baker North	Mt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest	16,873
Mt. Baker West	Mt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest	25,390
Mt. Bonaparte	Okanogan National Forest	10,891
Norse Peak	Wenatchee National Forest	10,169
Pasayten Rim	Okanogan National Forest	17,074
Profanity	Colville National Forest	28,944
Tiffany	Okanogan National Forest	22,045

References (3)

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.
McCune, B. and L. Geiser. 1997. Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, Oregon. A co-publication with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. 386 pp.