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Cladonia ecmocyna

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Frosted Cladonia

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G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.127273

Element CodeNLT0008420

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryFungus

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

KingdomFungi

PhylumAscomycota

ClassLecanoromycetes

OrderLecanorales

FamilyCladoniaceae

GenusCladonia

Other Common Names

Cladonie saupoudrée (FR) cup lichen (EN) Orange-footed Pixie 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. 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 Date2013-06-07

Change Date2013-06-07

Edition Date2000-12-18

Edition AuthorsL. McDonald

Rank Reasons

Cladonia ecmocyna is a northern species that occurs south to several states in New England and to Colorado, with a somewhat restricted distribution in the United States. It occurs across Canada and also the Andes.

Range Extent Comments

Cladonia ecmocyna occurs in the far north and has a circumpolar distribution. In North America it occurs south to Maine, New Hampshire and Colorado (in the mountains). It also extends into the Andes Mountains in South America (Thomson 1967).

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Cladonia ecmocyna inhabits moist areas and occurs beside late snowbanks and in bogs on soil rich with humus. In North America this species is found in arctic and alpine habitats (Thomson 1967).

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNR

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

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
Saskatchewan	S4	Yes
Nunavut	S4	Yes
Northwest Territories	S4	Yes
Yukon Territory	S4	Yes
British Columbia	SNR	Yes
Manitoba	S3	Yes
Quebec	S4	Yes
Alberta	S4	Yes
Ontario	S2	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

Washington (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Big Lava Bed	Gifford Pinchot National Forest	19,043

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.
Thomson, J. W. 1967. The lichen genus Cladonia in North America. University of Toronto Press, Toronto.