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Cladonia maxima

(Asah.) Ahti

Giant Cladonia Lichen

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Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.125402

Element CodeNLT0008630

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryFungus

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomFungi

PhylumAscomycota

ClassLecanoromycetes

OrderLecanorales

FamilyCladoniaceae

GenusCladonia

Other Common Names

Cladonie géante (FR) towering pixie lichen (EN)

Concept Reference

Esslinger, T.L. and R.S. Egan. 1995. A sixth checklist of the lichen-forming, lichenicolous, and allied fungi of the continental United States and Canada. The Bryologist 98(4):467-549. As supplied by USDA, NRCS from The PLANTS database. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA. Version: November 19, 1997.

Conservation Status

Rank MethodExpertise without calculation

Review Date2017-02-10

Change Date2017-02-10

Edition Date2002-06-18

Edition AuthorsHam, V.

Rank Reasons

This lichen species follows a maritime distribution with one range from Alaska south to northern Washington and an eastern range from New England north to Newfoundland, where it is particularly abundant (Brodo 2001).

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
Saskatchewan	S1	Yes
Yukon Territory	S4	Yes
New Brunswick	S4	Yes
Nunavut	SU	Yes
Prince Edward Island	SU	Yes
Ontario	S3	Yes
Nova Scotia	S5	Yes
Quebec	S5	Yes
Labrador	SU	Yes
Northwest Territories	SU	Yes
Island of Newfoundland	S5	Yes

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Wyoming	SNR	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

New Hampshire (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Waterville	White Mountain National Forest	4,312

References (3)

Brodo, I. M., S. D. Sharnoff and S. Sharnoff. 2001. Lichens of North America. Yale University Press. New Haven and London. 795 pp.
Esslinger, T. L. 2018. A cumulative checklist for the lichen-forming, lichenicolous and allied fungi of the continental United States and Canada, Version 22. Opuscula Philolichenum 17:6-268. [http://sweetgum.nybg.org/philolichenum/]
Esslinger, T.L. and R.S. Egan. 1995. A sixth checklist of the lichen-forming, lichenicolous, and allied fungi of the continental United States and Canada. The Bryologist 98(4):467-549. As supplied by USDA, NRCS from The PLANTS database. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA. Version: November 19, 1997.