STICTA BEAUVOISII Delise

Fringed Moon Lichen

 

 

FAMILY: Lobariaceae

HABIT: A large foliose lichen; upper surface greenish-gray to brown, lower surface dark brown with circular white spots. Usually has marginal isidia.

SIMILAR SPECIES: Nephroma heloeticum has uniform brown underface, Peltigera spp. have undersurface with lighter netlike veins.

TOTAL RANGE: Southeastern U.S., listed as most common in the south. (Hale, 1979)

STATE RANGE: Southern Ohio. Pre-1945 records from Fairfield, Hamilton, Highland and Hocking counties; one 1967 record from Ross County and one recent (1985) record from Gallia County.

STATE STATUS: 1992-1993: Added, 1994 to present Endangered.

HABITAT: This species grows on soil, rock and tree bases, frequently over moss. Generally prefers dry, open woods.

HAZARDS: Habitat destruction.

RECOVERY POTENTIAL: Unknown.

INVENTORY GUIDELINES: Collect a portion of the thallus, store in paper herbarium packet.

COMMENTS: This is a large, conspicuous lichen but not frequently collected in Ohio. The Gallia County site was revisited in 1993 and an extant population could not be relocated.

SELECTED REFERENCES:

 

Hale, M.E. 1979. How to know the lichens. Wm. C. Brown Company Publishers. Dubuque, Iowa. 246 pp.

Taylor, C.J. 1967. The lichens of Ohio. Part 1. Foliose lichens. Ohio Biological Survey Biological Notes No. 3.

 

 

Ohio Department of Natural Resources

Division of Natural Areas and Preserves

Created: 3/1995 Ray Showman

Database Code: SPQG.L16