| Wisconsin State Herbarium |
Lichens |
University of Wisconsin - Madison
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B. RARE LICHENIZED FUNGI OF WISCONSIN
Draft List
Compiled by John W. Thomson and Susan Will-Wolf
October 1996 (revised March 2000)
This list includes all lichen species which are currently assessed as rare in the state. The main criteria for placing a species on this list were 1) the existence of no more than 5 records in the state; and 2) knowledge by Dr. Thomson that the genus has been at least moderately well-collected in the state. A subset of these species (Table A) are suggested for protected status.
| Species Name | #Counties | #Records | Distribution |
| Acarospora americana H. Magn. | 1 | 2 | |
| Acarospora cinereoalba (Fink) H. Magn. | |||
| Acrocordia conoidea (Fr.) Körber | |||
| Ahtiana aurescens (Tuck.) Thell & Randlane (A) | 3 | 3 | N |
| Anaptychia setifera Räsänen (A) | 2 | ||
| Anzia colpodes (Ach.) Stizenb. (A) | 2 | 2 | N |
| Aspicilia limitata (H. Magn.) J.W. Thomson (A)
May be endangered |
2 | 2 | |
| Aspicilia laevata (Arch.) Arnold | |||
| Baeomyces rufus (Huds.) Rebent. (A)
May be endangered in state |
N | ||
| Bryoria capillaris (Arch.) Brodo & D. Hawksw. (A) | 3 | N | |
| Bryoria nadvornikiana (Gyelnick) Brodo & Hawksw. (A) | 3 | ||
| Buellia mamillana (Tuck.) W. A. Weber | |||
| Calicium parvum Tibell | |||
| Calicium salicinum Pers. | 2 | ||
| Caloplaca arenaria (Pers.) Müll. Arg. | 2 | ||
| Caloplaca atroalba (Tuck.) Zahlbr. (A) | 2 | 2 | |
| Caloplaca brunneola Wetmore | |||
| Caloplaca camptidia (Tuck.) Zahlbr. | |||
| Caloplaca chrysopthalma Degel. | |||
| Caloplaca ferruginea (Hudson) Th. Fr. | 3 | 3 | |
| Caloplaca galactophylla (Tuck.) Zahlbr. | |||
| Caloplaca invadens Lynge = C. castellana (Räsänen) Poelt | |||
| Caloplaca lactea (Massal.) Zahlbr. | |||
| Caloplaca saxicola (Hoffm.) Nordin | |||
| Caloplaca tiroliensis Zahlbr. | |||
| Caloplaca vitellinula (Nyl.) H. Olivier | |||
| Candelariella coralliza (Nyl.) H. Magn. | |||
| Candelariella xanthostigma (Ach.) Lettau | 4 | 4 | |
| Canoparmelia texana (Tuck.) Elix & Hale | 2 | 2 | |
| Catapyrenium tuckermanii (Rav. ex Mont.) Thomson | 2 | 2 | |
| Cetraria arenaria Kärnefelt (A)
2 localities have since been eliminated |
5 | 6 | |
| Cladina arbuscula (Wallr.) Hale & Culb. (A) | |||
| Cladina stygia (Fr.) Ahti | |||
| Cladonia cornuta (L.) Hoffman | 2 | 3 | |
| Cladonia decorticata (Flörke) Sprengel (A) | 3 | 5 | |
| Cladonia didyma (Fée) Vainio | 3 | 3 | |
| Cladonia floerkeana (Fr.) Flörke | 4 | 4 | |
| Cladonia incrassata Flörke (A) | 3 | 4 | |
| Cladonia norrlinii Vainio
= C. acuminata (Ach.) Norrlin var. norrlinii (A) May be extinct in state |
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| Cladonia parasitica (Hoffm.) Hoffm. | 2 | 2 | |
| Cladonia petrophila R. C. Harris | 3 | 5 | |
| Cladonia pocillum (Ach.) Grognot. | 3 | 3 | |
| Cladonia strepsilis (Ach.) Grognot. | 4 | 5 | |
| Cladonia subulata (L.) F. H. Wigg | 2 | N | |
| Cladonia sulphurina (Michaux) Fr. (A) | N | ||
| Cyphelium lucidum (Th.Fr.) Th.Fr. | 2 | ||
| Diplotomma alboatrum
(Hoffm.) Flotow * (A)
Common to the north of the state |
2-3? | ||
| Dirinaria frostii (Tuck.) Hale & Culb. (A) | 2 | 3 | |
| Ephebe lanata (L.) Vainio (A)
These records are old; may be extinct in the state |
2 | 2 | |
| Evernia prunastri (L.) Ach * (A)
This is a western species with disjunct occurrences in the Great Lakes |
N | ||
| Fuscopannaria leucophaea (Vahl) P.M. Jørg
= Pannaria microphylla "(Sw.)" Müll. Arg. |
N | ||
| Graphis intricata Fée * (A)
This species is at the edge of its range |
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| Heppia lutosa (Ach.) Nyl. (A)
May be extinct at one location |
2 | 2 | |
| Heterodermia galactophylla (Tuck.) Culb. | 2 | 2 | |
| Hypogymnia tubulosa (Schaerer) Hav. * (A)
Another Western-Great Lakes disjunction |
3 | Apostle Is. | |
| Icmadophila ericetorum (L.) Zahlbr. * (A)
Abundant north of the state |
2 | 2 | |
| Lepraria caesioalba (de Lesd.) J.R. Laundon | 2 | 2 | |
| Leptogium arsenei Sierk | |||
| Leptogium corticola (Taylor) Tuck. | 2 | 2 | N |
| Leptogium intermedium (Arnold) Arnold | S | ||
| Leptogium millegranum Sierk | N | ||
| Leptogium saturninum (Dickson) Nyl. | 3 | 3 | N |
| Leptogium teretiusculum (Wallr.) Arnold | N | ||
| Lopadium pezizoideum (Ach.) Körber (A) | 2 | 2 | N |
| Melanelia tominii (Oxner) Essl.
= M. substygia (Räsänen) Essl. * (A) This species is at the edge of its range |
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| Menegazzia terebrata (Hoffm.) Massal. (A) | 2 | 2 | |
| Mycoblastus sanguinarius (L.) Norm. | 4 | 5 | N |
| Myelochroa obsessa (Ach.) Elix & Hale | 2 | 2 | N |
| Nephroma bellum (Sprengel) Tuck. | 3 | 4 | |
| Ochrolechia pseudopallescens Brodo | |||
| Pachyphiale fagicola (Hepp) Zwackh. | 2 | 4 | N |
| Pannaria pezizoides (Weber) Trevisan (A) | 2 | 2 | |
| Parmotrema arnoldii (Du Rietz) Hale | N | ||
| Parmotrema chinense (Osbeck) Hale & Ahti | 3 | 3 | |
| Parmotrema hypotropum (Nyl.) Hale | 4 | 4 | |
| Parmotrema margaritatum (Hue) Hale | 3 | 4 | |
| Parmotrema stuppeum (Taylor) Hale | 2 | 2 | |
| Peltigera lepidophora (Vainio) Bitter | 2 | 3 | S |
| Peltigera malacea (Ach.) Funck | N | ||
| Peltigera membranacea (Ach.) Nyl. | 3 | N | |
| Peltigera scabrosa Th. Fr. (A) | N | ||
| Peltigera venosa (L.) Hoffm. (A) | N | ||
| Pertusaria multipunctoides Dibb. | 4 | 4 | |
| Pertusaria rubefacta Erichs. | N | ||
| Pertusaria xanthodes Müll. Arg. | |||
| Phaeophyscia endococcinea (Körber) Moberg | 2 | 2 | S |
| Phaeophyscia erythrocardia (Tuck.) Essl. | N | ||
| Phaeophyscia kairamoi (Vainio) Moberg | S | ||
| Phaeophyscia orbicularis (Necker) Moberg | 3 | 3 | |
| Physcia caesia (Hoffm.) Fürnr. | 2 | 2 | S |
| Physcia tenella (Scop.) DC. | |||
| Physciella melanchra (Hue) Essl. | 2 | 2 | N |
| Physconia grisea (Lam.) Poelt | 2 | 2 | N |
| Platismatia glauca (L.) Culb. & C. Culb. | 3 | 3 | N |
| Pseudocyphellaria crocata (L.) Vain. (A)
One record, dates from 1931 |
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| Psora russellii (Tuck.) A. Schneider | 2 | 2 | S |
| Punctelia missourensis Wilhelm & Ladd | S | ||
| Pyrenopsis phaeococca (Tuck.) Tuck. | |||
| Ramalina dilacerata (Hoffm.) Hoffm. | 3 | 3 | |
| Ramalina farinacea (L.) Ach. | |||
| Ramalina pollinaria (Westr.) Ach. | |||
| Ramalina unifolia J.W. Thomson | N | ||
| Rhizocarpon distinctum Th. Fr. | |||
| Rhizoplaca melanopthalma (Ram.) Leuck. & Poelt | |||
| Rinodina bischoffii (Hepp) Mass. | 4 | 4 | |
| Rinodina confragosa (Ach.) Körber | |||
| Rinodina excrescens Vainio | 3 | 3 | |
| Rinodina granulans Vainio | 2 | ||
| Rinodina oxydata (Mass.) Mass. | 2 | 2 | |
| Rinodina turfacea (Wahlenb.) Körber | N | ||
| Solorina saccata (L.) Ach. (A) | 3 | 3 | |
| Staurothele fissa (Tayl.) Zw. | 2 | 3 | N |
| Stereocaulon condensatum Hoffm. | |||
| Sticta beauvoisii Delise = S. weigelii (Ach.) Vainio (A) | 5 | 5 | |
| Teloschistes chrysopthalmus
(L.) Th. Fr. (A)
Until Fall 1999**, the last record was in 1893. |
3 | ||
| Tuckermannopsis orbata (Nyl.) M.J. Lai | 4 | 5 | |
| Umbilicaria vellea (L.) Ach | 4 | N | |
| Usnea angulata Ach. (A) | 4 | 4 | N |
| Usnea ceratina Ach. (A) | N | ||
| Usnea glabrata (Ach.) Vainio | 4 | N | |
| Usnea glabrescens (Nyl. ex. Vainio) Vainio | 3 | N | |
| Usnea herrei Hale = nom. nud. | S | ||
| Usnea lapponica Vainio | 3 | N | |
| Usnea longissima Ach. (A) | 2 | 2 | N |
| Usnea pennsylvanica Mot. | 2 | 3 | |
| Usnea rubicunda Stirton (A)
Two specimens collected before 1900. Habitat destroyed for locations of at least three specimens. |
6 | 7 | |
| Xanthoparmelia angustiphylla (Gyelnik) Hale | 5 | 2 | |
| Xanthoria candelaria (L.) Th. Fr. | 2 | 2 | S |
**Matt Nelson collected this species in Dane County, WI in Fall 1999.
(A) These species may warrant listing for protection. See Table A.