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Bellemerea alpina

(Sommerf.) Clauzade & Roux

Alpine Brown Sunken Disk Lichen

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Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1038307

Element CodeNLLEC3A010

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryFungus

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

KingdomFungi

PhylumAscomycota

ClassLecanoromycetes

OrderLecanorales

FamilyPorpidiaceae

GenusBellemerea

Concept Reference

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/]

Taxonomic Comments

Esslinger (2018) here expands the concept of Bellemerea alpina to include Lecanora applegatei, while Esslinger and Egan (1995) treated them as distinct.

Conservation Status

Review Date2001-02-06

Change Date2001-04-25

Edition Date2001-02-06

Edition AuthorsL. McDonald

Rank Reasons

Bellemerea alpina grows on acid rock that are in full sun. It is circumpolar arctic-alpine and in western North America it ranges south to California. This lichen species also occurs sporadically in Greenland, Alaska, the Northwest Territories, Newfoundland, and Ontario (Thomson 1997).

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
Labrador	SNR	Yes
Nunavut	S3	Yes
British Columbia	S5	Yes
Island of Newfoundland	SNR	Yes
Yukon Territory	SU	Yes
Alberta	S3	Yes
Manitoba	SU	Yes
Northwest Territories	SU	Yes

United StatesNNR

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

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

Montana (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Coal Ridge Ra 1127	Flathead National Forest	15,429

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/]
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