Lichens of North Carolina
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Acanthothecis paucispora Lendemer & R.C. Harris - Few-spored Fissure Lichen


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Taxonomy
Family: GRAPHIDACEAE                                                                                 
Comments: Type specimen from Washington County: Bull Neck Swamp (Lendemer & Harris 2014).
Identification
Online Photographs: Lichen Portal   GBIF-Global Distribution
Technical Description: Lendemer, J.C. & R.C. Harris. (2014) Seven new species of Graphidaceae (Lichenized Ascomycetes) from the Coastal Plain of southeastern North America. Phytotaxa 189: 153-175.                                                                                  
Distribution in North Carolina
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Habitats and Life History
Habitats: On bark of hardwood trees in mature upland forests surrounded by expansive swamp forests.
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Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status: SR-L
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: S1 GNR
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Comments: Acanthothecis paucispora is IUCN red-listed Critically Endangered. Source: Lendemer, J. & Allen, J. 2018. Acanthothecis paucispora. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T80702772A80702775. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T80702772A80702775.en. Downloaded on 23 April 2020.