Blushing Button Lichen

Buellia erubescens

General Status Rank: 
Undetermined
Common Name: 
Blushing Button Lichen
Scientific Name: 
Buellia erubescens
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Taxonomy
Group: 
Lichen
Kingdom: 
Fungi
Phylum: 
Ascomycota
Class: 
Lecanoromycetes
Order: 
Caliciales
Family: 
Caliciaceae
Distribution

Distribution

Known across the province to the northern edge of Banks Island (Thomson, John W. American Arctic Lichens: Vol. 2. The Microlichens. University of Wisconsin Press, 1997.; WIS)
Score: 
G

Number of Occurrences

Known from at least 5 records (Thomson, John W. American Arctic Lichens: Vol. 2. The Microlichens. University of Wisconsin Press, 1997.; WIS)
Score: 
AB
General Status Rank
Rank: 
Undetermined
Status Rank Description: 
widely distributed (Bungartz, F., A. Nordin, and M. Grube. "Buellia. 113–179." Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region 3 (2007).)Syn: Buellia stillingiana J. Steiner, Buellia zahlbruckerneri J. Stein. Can be some confusion with another species named B. erubescens non Arnold (now named Tetramelas chloroleucus (Korber) A. Nordin (Brodo, Irwin M. Keys to Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, 2016.; Buellia stilligiana in Brodo et al. 2001 is T. chloroleucus - see Bungartz, F., A. Nordin, and M. Grube. "Buellia. 113–179." Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region 3 (2007). for explanation). *Did not include any record where I could not see authority name.
S Rank: 
SU
Decision Process Description: 
Drafted by Chris Deduke 2018, updated 2019 by SC
Last Updated: 
September 4, 2019

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