Burgellopsis nivea is currently known from only one site, growing on an unidentified crustose saxicolous lichen in Scotland.  As saxicolous lichens are are widespread, it is not possible to infer if the species has a highly restricted range or is broadly distributed. Thus, it is assessed as DD.

This species is thought to be related to Burgella clade but lacks support. Microscopic analysis of Burgellopsis nivea show differences between the two genera supporting the need for the new genus, Burgellopsis (Lawrey et al, 2014).

EDGE Species 2022

This species is known only from the type specimen which was collected from East Lothian, Scotland in the Lammermuir Hills (Lawrey et al, 2014).

As it is known only from the type specimen there is no information about population size or trends for this species. It is currently known from only one site, igrowing on an unidentified crustose saxicolous lichen.  As saxicolous lichens are are widespread it is not possible to infer if the species has a highly restricted range or is broadly distributed.

This species develops bulbils over the thallus of a sterile crustose lichen or between thalline squamules (Lawrey et al. 2014). The substratum, in the case of the only known occurrence is scree, and species have no visible interaction, and no mycelium has been observed. The species could be considered facultatively lichenicolous (Lawrey et al. 2014).

None identified.

None identified.

Surveys are needed to document the species distribution, ecology, and population trend.