Species: Umbilicaria vellea
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Classification
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Ascomycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Umbilicariaceae
Genus
Umbilicaria
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Classification
Informal Taxonomy
Fungi/Lichens - Lichens
Formal Taxonomy
Fungi - Ascomycota - Ascomycetes - Lecanorales - Umbilicariaceae - Umbilicaria
Ecology and Life History
Short General Description
6 cm diam; upper surface gray; lower surface sooty black or often pale between the rhizines; rhizines abundant, with sooty black stumpy bases and narrow, elongate, pale tips; isidia and soredia lacking; apothecia rare, with concentric fissures (McCune and Geiser 1997).
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G4?
Global Status Last Reviewed
1999-06-14
Global Status Last Changed
1999-06-14
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
From the Arctic south in the Rocky Mountains to Colorado (McCune and Geiser 1997). Circumpolar and wide-ranging, from arctic to temperate, in eastern North America south into Georgia and in the west into Mexico (Thomson 1984).