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Melanohalea halei (Ahti) O. Blanco, A. Crespo, Divakar, Essl., D. Hawksw. & Lumbsch
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- Scientific name
- Melanohalea halei
- Author
- (Ahti) O. Blanco, A. Crespo, Divakar, Essl., D. Hawksw. & Lumbsch
- Common names
- IUCN Specialist Group
Lichens- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Class
- Lecanoromycetes
- Order
- Lecanorales
- Family
- Parmeliaceae
- Assessment status
- Published
- Assessment date
- 2021-05-10
- IUCN Red List Category
- LC
- Assessors
- Rosa Batallas-Molina; James Lendemer (Institute of Systematic Botany The New York Botanical Garden); Troy McMullin (Biodiversity Institute of Ontario Herbarium, University of Guelph); Jessica Allen (IUCN SSC Lichen Specialist Group); Rebecca Yahr; Rikke Reese Næsborg (Santa Barbara Botanic Garden); Manuela Dal Forno (Botanical Research Institute of Texas); Hayley Paquette (Canadian Museum of Nature); Chandler Lymbery; Natalie Howe; John Villella; Meaghan Petix; Felicity Roberts; Stephen Sharrett; Ashley Mertens
- Reviewers
- Pradeep Kumar Divakar (Complutense University of Madrid )
Assessment Notes
The content on this page is fetched from The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/194662493/194678204
Justification
Melanohalea halei is found throughout the Appalachian Mountains and adjacent regions of eastern North America where it occurs in a diversity of forested habitats (Hodkinson 2010, Tripp and Lendemer 2020). Based on its broad geographic distribution, breadth of ecological niches, and large population size this species is assessed as Least Concern.Geographic range
Melanohalea halei is endemic to eastern North America and has been reported from Canada and the United States. Its distribution is largely confined to the Appalachian Mountains and Great Lakes Region (Esslinger 1977, Tripp and Lendemer 2020).Population and Trends
The number of mature individuals of this species is inferred to be stable given its abundance throughout its range.
Population Trend: Stable