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Stereocaulon tomentosum

Fr.

Eyed Foam Lichen

G5Secure Found in 1 roadless area NatureServe Explorer →

G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.122293

Element CodeNLTES10880

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryFungus

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

KingdomFungi

PhylumAscomycota

ClassLecanoromycetes

OrderLecanorales

FamilyStereocaulaceae

GenusStereocaulon

Other Common Names

Stéréocaule laineux (FR) tomentose snow lichen (EN) Woolly Foam 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, see J. Thomson, 1984, American Arctic Lichens, I. Identifications difficult, easily confused with S. paschale; Thomson describes differences.

Conservation Status

Rank MethodPre-2010 methodology converted to 2011 data model

Review Date2013-06-20

Change Date1991-05-14

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
Yukon Territory	S5	Yes
Ontario	S4	Yes
Manitoba	SU	Yes
Saskatchewan	S5	Yes
Northwest Territories	S4	Yes
British Columbia	S5	Yes
New Brunswick	S5	Yes
Labrador	SU	Yes
Island of Newfoundland	S4	Yes
Nunavut	S3	Yes
Alberta	S4	Yes
Nova Scotia	S4	Yes
Prince Edward Island	S4	Yes
Quebec	S5	Yes

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Wyoming	SNR	Yes
Colorado	SNR	Yes
Montana	SNR	Yes
Minnesota	SNR	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 (2)

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.