Species: Calicium abietinum
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Classification
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Ascomycetes
Order
Caliciales
Family
Caliciaceae
Genus
Calicium
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Classification
Informal Taxonomy
Fungi/Lichens - Lichens
Formal Taxonomy
Fungi - Ascomycota - Ascomycetes - Caliciales - Caliciaceae - Calicium - Stable.
Ecology and Life History
Short General Description
A crustose lichen with stipitate fruiting bodies.
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G4G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
2006-06-30
Global Status Last Changed
2002-12-19
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
Cosmopolitan. Kown from southern Scandinavia (rare), Continental Europe, Asia, North and South America and Australasia (Tibell 1999). Within North America, distributed across Canada and the northern United States, extending southward along the west coast into northern California (Tibell 1975; Peterson, unpublished data, Rikkinen unpublished data).