Moss Urm Lichen

Lopadium pezizoideum

General Status Rank: 
Secure
Common Name: 
Moss Urm Lichen
Scientific Name: 
Lopadium pezizoideum
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Taxonomy
Group: 
Lichen
Kingdom: 
Fungi
Phylum: 
Ascomycota
Class: 
Lecanoromycetes
Order: 
Lecideales
Family: 
Lopadiaceae
Distribution

Distribution

Ranges across the continental part of the province (Thomson, John W. American Arctic Lichens: Vol. 2. The Microlichens. University of Wisconsin Press, 1997.;Bird, Charles D., et al. "Lichens from the area drained by the Peel and Mackenzie rivers, Yukon and Northwest Territories, Canada. II. Microlichens." Canadian Journal of Botany 59.7 (1981): 1231-1252.)
Score: 
G

Number of Occurrences

Known from at least 20 records (Thomson, John W. American Arctic Lichens: Vol. 2. The Microlichens. University of Wisconsin Press, 1997.; Bird, Charles D., et al. "Lichens from the area drained by the Peel and Mackenzie rivers, Yukon and Northwest Territories, Canada. II. Microlichens." Canadian Journal of Botany 59.7 (1981): 1231-1252.; WIS; UBC; COLO; Thomson, John W., George W. Scotter, and Teuvo Ahti. "Lichens of the Great Slave Lake Region, Northwest Territories, Canada." Bryologist (1969): 137-177.;Ahti, Teuvo, George W. Scotter, and Heino Vänskä. "Lichens of the reindeer preserve, northwest territories, Canada." Bryologist (1973): 48-76.)
Score: 
CD
General Status Rank
Rank: 
Secure
Status Rank Description: 
Circumpolar arctic alpine and on tree bark in oceanic forests (Thomson, John W. American Arctic Lichens: Vol. 2. The Microlichens. University of Wisconsin Press, 1997.)Syn: Heterothecium pezizoideum.
S Rank: 
S4
Decision Process Description: 
Drafted by Chris Deduke 2018, updated 2019 by SC
Last Updated: 
September 4, 2019

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