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Rhizocarpon grande

(Florke ex Flotow)

Large Map Lichen

G5Secure Found in 1 roadless area NatureServe Explorer →

G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.125102

Element CodeNLT0000190

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryFungus

KingdomFungi

PhylumAscomycota

ClassLecanoromycetes

OrderLecanorales

FamilyRhizocarpaceae

GenusRhizocarpon

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.

Conservation Status

Review Date2002-12-24

Change Date2002-12-24

Edition Date2002-12-24

Edition AuthorsOliver, L.

Rank Reasons

Rhizocarpon grande is a common circumpolar arctic and subarctic lichen. In North America, it ranges from the arctic south to Tennessee, the Great Lakes region, South Dakota, Colorado and California. It grows on acid rocks (Thomson 1997).

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN5

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

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Minnesota	SNR	Yes
Montana	SNR	Yes
Kentucky	S5	Yes
Wyoming	SNR	Yes
Georgia	SNR	Yes
Pennsylvania	SNR	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

North Carolina (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Chunky Gal (addition)	Nantahala National Forest	3,336

References (4)

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.
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.