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Acarospora badiofusca

(Nyl.) Th. Fr.

a cobblestone lichen

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Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1036354

Element CodeNLLEC02040

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryFungus

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

KingdomFungi

PhylumAscomycota

ClassLecanoromycetes

OrderAcarosporales

FamilyAcarosporaceae

GenusAcarospora

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) expands the concept of Acarospora badiofusca to include A. californica and Sarcogyne athroocarpa, while Esslinger and Egan (1995) treated them as distinct.

Conservation Status

Review Date2001-01-29

Change Date2001-04-25

Edition Date2001-01-29

Edition AuthorsL. McDonald

Rank Reasons

ACAROSPORA BADIOFUSCA has a wide distribution from Europe and North America, Greenland, Novaya Zemlya, and Siberia. In North America, A. badiofusca extends south to New Mexico and California (Thomson 1997).

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Acarospora badiofusca "grows on calciferous and silicolous rocks, usually on trickle surfaces" in arctic-alpine habitats (Thomson 1997).

Other Nations (2)

CanadaNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Saskatchewan	S3	Yes
Ontario	S3	Yes
Yukon Territory	SU	Yes
Northwest Territories	S3	Yes
Quebec	SNR	Yes
Nunavut	SU	Yes
British Columbia	SU	Yes

United StatesNNR

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

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

California (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Sugarloaf	San Bernardino National Forest	8,206

References (3)

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
Thomson, J.W. 1997. American Arctic Lichens. 2. The Microlichens. The University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, Wisconsin. 675 pp.