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Umbilicaria deusta

(L.) Baumg.

Peppered Rocktripe Lichen

G5Secure Found in 4 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.125357

Element CodeNLT0030250

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryFungus

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

KingdomFungi

PhylumAscomycota

ClassLecanoromycetes

OrderLecanorales

FamilyUmbilicariaceae

GenusUmbilicaria

Other Common Names

navel lichen (EN)

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

Rank MethodPre-2010 methodology converted to 2011 data model

Review Date2013-06-21

Change Date2002-05-30

Edition Date2001-12-20

Edition AuthorsK. McConnell

Rank Reasons

This lichen occurs throughout Canada, in the northwestern U.S., and in New England; there are disjunctions in southern Arizona and central Colorado. This species typically grows in open sites on boulders.

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
Northwest Territories	S4	Yes
Alberta	S4	Yes
Yukon Territory	SU	Yes
Saskatchewan	S2	Yes
Labrador	SU	Yes
Manitoba	SU	Yes
Nunavut	S3	Yes
Island of Newfoundland	S3	Yes
British Columbia	S5	Yes
New Brunswick	S4	Yes
Quebec	S4	Yes
Ontario	S5	Yes
Nova Scotia	S4	Yes

United StatesNNR

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

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (4)

Minnesota (4)

Area	Forest	Acres
Baker - Homer - Brule Lakes	Superior National Forest	6,712
Brule Lake - Eagle Mountain	Superior National Forest	12,380
Cabin Creek	Superior National Forest	6,071
Kawishiwi Lake To Sawbill	Superior National Forest	15,305

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.
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