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- 2Under Assessment
- 3Preliminary Assessed
- 4Assessed
- 5Published
Dermiscellum oulocheilum (Tuck.) Lendemer
- Scientific name
- Dermiscellum oulocheilum
- Author
- (Tuck.) Lendemer
- Common names
Catawba dermiscellum- IUCN Specialist Group
Lichens- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Class
- Lecanoromycetes
- Order
- Teloschistales
- Family
- Physciaceae
- Assessment status
- Dormant
- Proposed by
- Helmut Mayrhofer
- Assessors
- James Lendemer, Toby Spribille
- Contributors
- James Lendemer, Helmut Mayrhofer
- Comments etc.
- André Aptroot, Anders Dahlberg
Assessment Notes
Taxonomic notes
syn. Dermiscellum catawbense (Willey) Hafellner & Poelt
Why suggested for a Global Red List Assessment?
The species (and monotypic genus) is known only from rocks along the banks of the Catawba River in North and South Carolina. Both the records are from the second half of the 19th century.
Geographic range
Population and Trends
Population at “Haw RIver near Salem, North Carolina” last seen before 1866 (type of Buellia catawbensis Willey).
Population at “Landsford, South Carolina”, “submerged on rocks nr high water” (see image above), last seen 1887 (specimen US)
Population Trend: Uncertain
Habitat and Ecology
rocks in river beds
Threats
Conservation Actions
Research needed
Use and Trade
Bibliography
Hafellner, J., Mayrhofer, H. & Poelt, J. 1979. Die Gattungen der Flechtenfamilie Physciaceae. - Herzogia 5: 39-79.
Lendemer, J. C. 2003. Dermiscellum oulocheila, forgotten priority and nomenclatural confusion in the Physciaceae (Lichenized Ascomycetes). - Bryologist 106: 311-313.
Dermiscellum oulocheilum, photograph of specimen US-01144967 (Smithsonian Institution)
specific notes on habitat from 1887 specimen
approximate mapping of both known localities of Dermiscellum oulocheilum in North and South Carolina
approximate placement of South Carolina site: between two large hydroelectric dams and reservoirs
approximate placement of North Carolina site assuming "Salem" on herbarium label refers to Salem on the upper Catawba River: site located between two large hydroelectric dams and reservoirs
Country occurrence
Regional Population and Trends
| Country | Trend | Redlisted |
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