Species: Leptogium cyanescens

Common in eastern North America; rare in the Pacific Northwest (McCune & Geiser 1997). Spotty distribution in the West : eastern BC, corner of UT and AZ, eastern WY and adjacent states (Brodo et al. 2001), the Black Hills of SD, northern CO, southern AK.. Gulf coast north to Newfoundland, Quebec, and Ontario. It extends west along Gulf to eastern TX and OK. In the midwest it reaches into MN and IA. Also abundant in Europe where Degelius described it as an oceanic species. Also from Asia and the American tropics (Sierk 1964). Found in New Zealand (Galloway 1999), Australia (Australian List on web), and southern Africa (Thomas and Bbhat 1996).