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Lecanora strobilina

(Sprengel) Kieffer

Mealy Rim-lichen

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G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.121901

Element CodeNLT0014400

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryFungus

KingdomFungi

PhylumAscomycota

ClassLecanoromycetes

OrderLecanorales

FamilyLecanoraceae

GenusLecanora

Synonyms

Zeora strobilina(Sprengel) L. M. Weber & Ivanovich-Hichins

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

Review Date2001-11-13

Change Date2002-05-30

Edition Date2001-11-13

Edition AuthorsK. McConnell

Rank Reasons

This lichen grows in open sites throughout the eastern U.S. and portions of southeastern Canada.

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
Prince Edward Island	SU	Yes
Manitoba	SNR	Yes
Nova Scotia	SU	Yes
Yukon Territory	SU	Yes
British Columbia	SU	Yes
Ontario	S5	Yes
Quebec	SNR	Yes

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Pennsylvania	SNR	Yes
Indiana	SNR	Yes
Kentucky	S5	Yes
Georgia	SNR	Yes
Montana	SNR	Yes
North Carolina	SNR	Yes
Minnesota	SNR	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

Georgia (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Pink Knob	Chattahoochee National Forest	12,127

References (4)

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.
Lucking, R., F. Seavey, R.S. Common, S.Q. Beeching, O. Breuss, W.R. Buck, L. Crane, M. Hodges, B.P. Hodkinson, E. Lay, J.C. Lendemer, R.T. McMullin, J.A. Mercado-Díaz, M.P. Nelsen, E. Rivas Plata, W. Safranek, W.B. Sanders, H.P. Schaefer Jr., and J. Seavey. 2011. The lichens of Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, Florida: Proceedings from the 18th Tuckerman Workshop. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 49(4):127-186.