Lichens of North Carolina
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Sticta deyana Lendemer & Goffinet - Dey's Moon Lichen


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Taxonomy
Family: PELTIGERACEAE                                                                                 
Comments: Type specimen from Dare County: Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge (Lendemer & Goffinet 2015).
Identification
Online Photographs: Lichen Portal   GBIF-Global Distribution
Technical Description: Lendemer, J.C. & B. Goffinet. (2015) Sticta deyana: a new endemic photomorphic lichen from the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain of eastern North America. Systematic Botany 40(4): 933-941.                                                                                  
Distribution in North Carolina
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Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status: SR-T
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: S1 GNR
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Comments: This species is IUCN red listed Critically Endangered. Source: Lendemer, J. 2020. Sticta deyana. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T175710321A175710717. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T175710321A175710717.en. Downloaded on 21 February 2021.