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Rhizocarpon lecanorinum

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Crescent Map Lichen

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G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.124033

Element CodeNLT0025910

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryFungus

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

KingdomFungi

PhylumAscomycota

ClassLecanoromycetes

OrderLecanorales

FamilyRhizocarpaceae

GenusRhizocarpon

Other Common Names

Moon Map 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 Date2013-06-19

Change Date2013-06-19

Edition Date2001-11-26

Edition AuthorsK. McConnell, rev. A. Tomaino (2004)

Rank Reasons

This lichen occurs from the Great Lakes region to the Island of Newfoundland with disjuntions in southern British Columbia, north-central California, and Barrow, Alaska (Brodo et al. 2001; Fryday 2004). It is also found in Europe (Fryday 2004).

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
Yukon Territory	SU	Yes
New Brunswick	S5	Yes
Ontario	S4	Yes
Nova Scotia	SU	Yes
Quebec	SNR	Yes
British Columbia	S5	Yes
Northwest Territories	SNR	Yes
Island of Newfoundland	SNR	Yes
Nunavut	SU	Yes

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Minnesota	SNR	Yes
Montana	SNR	Yes
Wyoming	SNR	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (2)

California (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Black Mountain	Los Padres National Forest	16,818

Washington (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Silver Star	Gifford Pinchot National Forest	7,779

References (5)

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.
Fryday, A. M. 2004. A new species of <i>Fuscopannaria </i>with a green photobiont, and other taxonomic innovations and new records of lichenized-fungi from Alaska. Bryologist 107(2): 173-179.
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