Home/Species/ Black-eye Lichen

Tephromela atra

(Hudson) Hafellner

Black-eye Lichen

G5Secure Found in 1 roadless area NatureServe Explorer →

G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.124859

Element CodeNLT0028870

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryFungus

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

KingdomFungi

PhylumAscomycota

ClassLecanoromycetes

OrderLecanorales

FamilyBacidiaceae

GenusTephromela

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 Date2001-11-27

Change Date2002-05-30

Edition Date2001-11-27

Edition AuthorsK. McConnell

Rank Reasons

This lichen is widespread in the western U.S. and Canada and also occurs on the eastern coastal plain and in the Great Lakes region; its potential distribution in Mexico and the tropics is unknown.

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Georgia	SNR	Yes
Minnesota	SNR	Yes
Pennsylvania	SNR	Yes
Colorado	SNR	Yes
Montana	SNR	Yes
Wyoming	SNR	Yes

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
Island of Newfoundland	SNR	Yes
Nunavut	SU	Yes
Yukon Territory	SH	Yes
British Columbia	S5	Yes
Alberta	SU	Yes
Nova Scotia	SU	Yes
Quebec	SNR	Yes
Northwest Territories	SU	Yes
Ontario	S2	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

West Virginia (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Seneca Creek	Monongahela National Forest	22,287

References (6)

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.
Hutten, M., U. Arup, O. Breuss, T. L. Esslinger, A. M. Fryday, K. Knudsen, J. C. Lendemer, C. Printzen, H. T. Root, M. Schultz, J. Sheard, T. Tønsberg, and B. McCune. 2013. Lichens and Lichenicolous Fungi of Yosemite National Park, California. North American Fungi 8(11): 1-47. doi: http://dx.doi:10.2509/naf2013.008.011
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.
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.