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Scoliciosporum umbrinum

(Ach.) Arnold

Umber Dot Lichen

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G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.124163

Element CodeNLT0027900

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryFungus

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

KingdomFungi

PhylumAscomycota

ClassLecanoromycetes

OrderLecanorales

FamilyScoliciosporaceae

GenusScoliciosporum

Synonyms

Bacidia umbrina(Ach.) Bausch

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 Date2002-12-26

Change Date2002-12-26

Edition Date2002-12-26

Edition AuthorsOliver, L.q

Rank Reasons

This lichen has a circumpolar boreal and temperate distribution. In North America, it ranges from the arctic south to Tennessee, Illinois, Colorado and California. It grows in shaded habitats on stones and old rotting wood, sometimes on bark (Thomson 1997).

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNR

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

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
Labrador	SNR	Yes
Nova Scotia	SU	Yes
Manitoba	SNR	Yes
Alberta	SU	Yes
Quebec	SNR	Yes
British Columbia	S5	Yes
New Brunswick	SU	Yes
Island of Newfoundland	SNR	Yes
Ontario	S4	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. As supplied by USDA, NRCS from The PLANTS database. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA. Version: November 19, 1997.
Knudsen, K., and J. Kocourková. 2012. The Annotated Checklist of Lichens, Lichenicolous and Allied Fungi of Channel Islands National Park. Opuscula Philolichenum 11:145-302.
Thomson, J.W. 1997. American Arctic Lichens. 2. The Microlichens. The University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, Wisconsin. 675 pp.