This species is known by its greenish to yellow-brown or pale orange, thallus, rounded to distorted, sessile, apothecia, disc red-orange to orange or rusty brown, margin raised above the disc, orange - red, ascospores broadly ellipsoidal, densely muriform (Caceres, 2007, Elix, 2009).
Basionym: Lecidea vulpina Tuck., in Nylander 1863
Due to all the previous information this species might be considered as Least Concern (LC) until a better understanding.
This is species is known in 24 countries. In Brazil, 16 occurrences to this species are known, located in Southeast, Midwest, North and Northeast of Brazil according to GBIF database.
There are 215 records in GBIF database, distributed in The United States of America (78 records), Australia (27 records), Thailand (19 records), and the other occurrences are distributed in small percentages.
Population Trend:
This species is widespread in Pantropical to Subtropical areas, common on bark in rainforest. In Brazil, this species can be found at the Atlantic Rainforest in Northeast, Midwest, South, and Southeast of Brazil, and at the Amazon Rainforest in North of Brazil.
In Brazil, this species commonly founded in Atlantic and Amazon Rainforest that are biomes that still suffer anthropic actions in special wildfire, natural and criminal caused, and area suppression.
In Brazil, the records are related to preserved areas, but unfortunately, those spaces still being affected by negatives influences. So, formal education to the population that lives near those areas and the park managers can start to change the situation.
Actions that are orientated to taxonomy and exploration to new sites need to be stimulated until a better understanding of this species status.
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