Lichens of North Carolina
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Scientific Name:
Common Name:
Family (Alpha):
ACAROSPORACEAE
AGYRIACEAE
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APHANOPSIDACEAE
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UNCERTAIN
VAHLIELLACEAE
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VEZDAEACEAE
XANTHOPYRENIACEAE
XYLOGRAPHACEAE
ZYTHIACEAE
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PELTIGERACEAE Members:
Crocodia aurata
Dendriscocaulon intricatulum
Dendriscosticta wrightii
Emmanuelia ravenelii
Lobaria pulmonaria
Lobarina scrobiculata
Nephroma bellum
Nephroma helveticum
Nephroma laevigatum
Nephroma parile
Nephroma resupinatum
Peltigera aphthosa
Peltigera canina
Peltigera degenii
Peltigera didactyla
Peltigera elisabethae
Peltigera evansiana
Peltigera extenuata
Peltigera horizontalis
Peltigera hydrothyria
Peltigera hymenina
Peltigera lepidophora
Peltigera leucophlebia
Peltigera monticola
Peltigera neckeri
Peltigera neopolydactyla
Peltigera phyllidiosa
Peltigera polydactylon
Peltigera ponojensis
Peltigera praetextata
Peltigera rufescens
Peltigera scabrosa
Peltigera seneca
Pseudocyphellaria citrina
Pseudocyphellaria deyi
Pseudocyphellaria epiflavoides
Pseudocyphellaria hawaiiensis
Pseudocyphellaria holarctica
Pseudocyphellaria punctata
Ricasolia quercizans
Sticta beauvoisii
Sticta carolinensis
Sticta deyana
Sticta fragilinata
Sticta fuliginosa
Sticta limbata
Sticta sylvatica
NC
Records
Ricasolia quercizans
(Michx.) Stizenb. - Smooth Lungwort
Image by Gary Perlmutter
Image by Gary Perlmutter
Image by Gary Perlmutter
Taxonomy
Family:
PELTIGERACEAE
Synonym:
Lobaria quercizans Michaux
Comments:
Species originally described from Grandfather Mountain, North Carolina (Michaux 1803). Eastern North American records of R. amplissima are likely this species (Hale 1957, Cornejo et al. 2017).
Identification
Online Photographs:
Lichen Portal
GBIF-Global Distribution
Technical Description:
Cornejo, C., C. Derr & K. Dillman (2017) Ricasolia amplissima (Lobariaceae): one species, three genotypes and a new taxon from south-eastern Alaska. The Lichenologist 49(6): 579-596. Hale, M.E. Jr (1957) The Lobaria amplissima-L. quercizans complex in Europe and North America. The Bryologist 60(1): 35-39. Michaux, A. 1803. Flora Boreali-Americana. 2:1-340 (original description as Lobaria quercizans).
Distribution in North Carolina
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Habitats and Life History
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Status in North Carolina
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Natural Heritage Program Ranks:
SNR G5
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Ricasolia quercizans
- Smooth Lungwort
Recorded by: Gary Perlmutter
Madison Co.
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Recorded by:
Wake Co.
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Recorded by: Perlmutter
Watauga Co.
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