Checklist of lichens that grow (or are reported to grow) on Mount Desert Island

 compiled by Douglas Greene of the Champlain Project

(updated 10 March 2010)


Below is a working checklist of Mount Desert Island's lichens. Because this checklist includes lichens from several islands near Mount Desert Island as well as from MDI itself, it will be necessary for the Champlain Project to verify the presence of each of the species on Mount Desert Island. Taxonomy follows Brodo et al. (2001) (but this will be changing soon to a more up-to-date publication), and common names are from Hinds and Hinds (2007) and Brodo et al. (2001). For full citations, please see the references listed at the bottom of this page.

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Ascomycota

Order (Suborder) Family Genus Specific Epithet authority common name Sources (full citations given at bottom of page)
Caliciales Caliciaceae Calicium abietinum Pers. ? Sullivan (1996)
Caliciales Caliciaceae Calicium adspersum Pers. ? Sullivan (1996) but Brodo et al. (2001) called this "a rare western species"
Caliciales Caliciaceae Calicium glaucellum Ach. ? Sullivan (1996)
Caliciales Caliciaceae Calicium lenticulare Ach. ? Univ. of Minnesota herbarium
Caliciales Caliciaceae Calicium parvum Tibell ? Sullivan (1996)
Caliciales Caliciaceae Calicium salicinum Pers. ? Sullivan (1996)
Caliciales Caliciaceae Calicium trabinellum (Ach.) Ach. yellow collar stubble lichen Sullivan (1996)
Caliciales Coniocybaceae Chaenotheca brunneola (Ach.) Müll. Arg. brown-head stubble lichen Sullivan (1996)
Caliciales Coniocybaceae Chaenotheca chrysocephala (Turner ex Ach.) Th. Fr. ? Sullivan (1996)
Caliciales Coniocybaceae Chaenotheca stemonea (Ach.) Müll. Arg. ? Sullivan (1996)
Caliciales Coniocybaceae Chaenotheca trichialis (Ach.) Th. Fr. ? Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Acarosporineae) Acarosporaceae Acarospora fuscata (Schrader) Arnold ? Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Acarosporineae) Acarosporaceae Acarospora molybdina (Wahlenb.) Trevisan ? Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Acarosporineae) Acarosporaceae Acarospora smaragdula (Wahlenb.) A. Massal. ? UPS herbarium
Lecanorales (Acarosporineae) Hymeneliaceae Aspicilia caesiocinerea (Nyl. ex Malbr.) Arnold ? Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Acarosporineae) Hymeneliaceae Aspicilia cinerea (L.) Körber ? Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Acarosporineae) Hymeneliaceae Aspicilia gibbosa (Ach.) Körber ? Plitt (1927)
Lecanorales (Acarosporineae) Hymeneliaceae Aspicilia laevata (Ach.) Arnold ? Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Acarosporineae) Hymeneliaceae Aspicilia verrucigera Hue ? Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Cladoniineae) Cladoniaceae Cladonia amaurocraea (Flörke) Schaerer quill lichen Univ. of Minnesota herbarium
Lecanorales (Cladoniineae) Cladoniaceae Cladonia arbuscula ssp. mitis (Wallr.) Flotow / (Sandst.) Ruoss reindeer lichen Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Cladoniineae) Cladoniaceae Cladonia atlantica A. Evans Atlantic cladonia Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Cladoniineae) Cladoniaceae Cladonia borealis S. Stenroos western boreal pixie-cup Univ. of Minnesota herbarium
Lecanorales (Cladoniineae) Cladoniaceae Cladonia boryi Tuck. fishnet cladonia Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Cladoniineae) Cladoniaceae Cladonia brevis (Sandst.) Sandst. short peg lichen Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Cladoniineae) Cladoniaceae Cladonia caespiticia (Pers.) Flörke stubby-stalked cladonia Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Cladoniineae) Cladoniaceae Cladonia cariosa (Ach.) Sprengel split-peg soldiers Riddle (1909)
Lecanorales (Cladoniineae) Cladoniaceae Cladonia cenotea (Ach.) Schaerer powdered funnel lichen Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Cladoniineae) Cladoniaceae Cladonia chlorophaea (Flörke ex Sommerf.) Sprengel mealy pixie-cup Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Cladoniineae) Cladoniaceae Cladonia coccifera (L.) Willd. eastern boreal pixie-cup Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Cladoniineae) Cladoniaceae Cladonia coniocraea (Flörke) Sprengel common powderhorn Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Cladoniineae) Cladoniaceae Cladonia cornuta (L.) Hoffm. bighorn cladonia Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Cladoniineae) Cladoniaceae Cladonia crispata (Ach.) Flotow organ-pipe lichen Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Cladoniineae) Cladoniaceae Cladonia cristatella Tuck. British soldiers Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Cladoniineae) Cladoniaceae Cladonia cryptochlorophaea Asahina slender alpine cladonia Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Cladoniineae) Cladoniaceae Cladonia cylindrica (A. Evans) A. Evans cylindrical powderhorn Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Cladoniineae) Cladoniaceae Cladonia deformis (L.) Hoffm. lesser sulfur-cup Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Cladoniineae) Cladoniaceae Cladonia digitata (L.) Hoffm. finger pixie-cup Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Cladoniineae) Cladoniaceae Cladonia dimorphoclada Robbins prostrate thorn cladonia Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Cladoniineae) Cladoniaceae Cladonia farinacea (Vainio) A. Evans powdery forked cladonia Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Cladoniineae) Cladoniaceae Cladonia fimbriata (L.) Fr. trumpet lichen Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Cladoniineae) Cladoniaceae Cladonia floerkeana (Fr.) Flörke gritty British soldiers Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Cladoniineae) Cladoniaceae Cladonia furcata (Hudson) Schrader many-forked cladonia Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Cladoniineae) Cladoniaceae Cladonia gracilis ssp. gracilis (L.) Willd. smooth cladonia Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Cladoniineae) Cladoniaceae Cladonia grayi G. Merr. ex Sandst. mealy pixie-cup Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Cladoniineae) Cladoniaceae Cladonia humilis (With.) J. R. Laundon mealy pixie-cup Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Cladoniineae) Cladoniaceae Cladonia incrassata Flörke powder-foot British soldiers Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Cladoniineae) Cladoniaceae Cladonia macilenta var. macilenta Hoffm. scarlet pin lichen Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Cladoniineae) Cladoniaceae Cladonia macilenta var. bacillaris Hoffm. / (Genth) Schaerer scarlet pin lichen Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Cladoniineae) Cladoniaceae Cladonia mateocyatha Robbins mixed-up pixie-cup Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Cladoniineae) Cladoniaceae Cladonia maxima (Asahina) Ahti giant cladonia Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Cladoniineae) Cladoniaceae Cladonia merochlorophaea Asahina mealy pixie-cup Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Cladoniineae) Cladoniaceae Cladonia ochrochloa Flörke smooth-footed powderhorn UPS herbarium
Lecanorales (Cladoniineae) Cladoniaceae Cladonia parasitica (Hoffm.) Hoffm. powder-foot British soldiers Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Cladoniineae) Cladoniaceae Cladonia phyllophora Hoffm. felt cladonia Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Cladoniineae) Cladoniaceae Cladonia pleurota (Flörke) Schaerer red-fruited pixie-cup Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Cladoniineae) Cladoniaceae Cladonia pyxidata (L.) Hoffm. pebbled pixie-cup Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Cladoniineae) Cladoniaceae Cladonia ramulosa (With.) J. R. Laundon bran lichen Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Cladoniineae) Cladoniaceae Cladonia rangiferina (L.) F. H. Wigg. gray reindeer lichen Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Cladoniineae) Cladoniaceae Cladonia scabriuscula (Delise) Nyl. mealy forked cladonia Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Cladoniineae) Cladoniaceae Cladonia squamosa Hoffm. dragon cladonia Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Cladoniineae) Cladoniaceae Cladonia stellaris (Opiz) Pouzar & Vezda star-tipped reindeer lichen Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Cladoniineae) Cladoniaceae Cladonia strepsilis (Ach.) Grognot olive cladonia Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Cladoniineae) Cladoniaceae Cladonia stygia (Fr.) Ruoss black-footed reindeer lichen Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Cladoniineae) Cladoniaceae Cladonia subulata (L.) F. H. Wigg. antlered powderhorn Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Cladoniineae) Cladoniaceae Cladonia sulphurina (Michx.) Fr. greater sulfur-cup Univ. of Minnesota herbarium
Lecanorales (Cladoniineae) Cladoniaceae Cladonia terrae-novae Ahti Newfoundland reindeer lichen Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Cladoniineae) Cladoniaceae Cladonia turgida Hoffm. crazy-scale lichen Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Cladoniineae) Cladoniaceae Cladonia uncialis (L.) F. H. Wigg. thorn cladonia Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Lecanorineae) Biatoraceae Biatora helvola Körber ex Hellbom ? Univ. of Minnesota herbarium
Lecanorales (Lecanorineae) Biatoraceae Biatora longispora (Degel.) Lendemer & Printzen ? Printzen & Tønsberg (2004)
Lecanorales (Lecanorineae) Biatoraceae Biatora pycnidiata Printzen & Tønsberg ? Printzen & Tønsberg (2004)
Lecanorales (Lecanorineae) Biatoraceae Biatora turgidula (Fr.) Nyl. ? Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Lecanorineae) Biatoraceae Biatora vernalis (L.) Fr. ? Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Lecanorineae) Biatoraceae Cliostomum griffithii (Sm.) Coppins multicolored dot lichen Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Lecanorineae) Catillariaceae Catillaria nigroclavata (Nyl.) Schuler ? Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Lecanorineae) Lecanoraceae Bacidia laurocerasi (Delise ex Duby) Zahlbr. ? Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Lecanorineae) Lecanoraceae Bacidia rubella (Hoffm.) A. Massal. ? Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Lecanorineae) Lecanoraceae Bacidia schweinitzii (Fr. ex E. Michener) A. Schneider ? Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Lecanorineae) Lecanoraceae Candelaria concolor (Dickson) Stein candleflame lichen Plitt (1927)
Lecanorales (Lecanorineae) Lecanoraceae Candelariella aurella (Hoffm.) Zahlbr. hidden goldspeck lichen Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Lecanorineae) Lecanoraceae Candelariella efflorescens R. C. Harris & W. R. Buck powdery goldspeck lichen Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Lecanorineae) Lecanoraceae Candelariella vitellina (Hoffm.) Müll. Arg. common goldspeck lichen Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Lecanorineae) Lecanoraceae Catinaria atropurpurea (Schaerer) Vezda & Poelt ? Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Lecanorineae) Parmeliaceae Ahtiana aurescens (Tuck.) A. Thell & Randlane eastern candlewax lichen Rand & Redfield (1894)
Lecanorales (Lecanorineae) Parmeliaceae Alectoria sarmentosa (Ach.) Ach. witch's hair Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Lecanorineae) Parmeliaceae Allocetraria oakesiana (Tuck.) Randlane & A. Thell yellow-green ribbon lichen Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Lecanorineae) Parmeliaceae Arctoparmelia centrifuga (L.) Hale concentric ring lichen Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Lecanorineae) Parmeliaceae Bryoria capillaris (Ach.) Brodo & D. Hawksw. smooth gray horsehair lichen Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Lecanorineae) Parmeliaceae Bryoria furcellata (Fr.) Brodo & D. Hawksw. burred horsehair lichen Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Lecanorineae) Parmeliaceae Bryoria nadvornikiana (Gyeln.) Brodo & D. Hawksw. spiny gray horsehair lichen Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Lecanorineae) Parmeliaceae Bryoria trichodes ssp. trichodes (Michx) Brodo & D. Hawksw. horsehair lichen Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Lecanorineae) Parmeliaceae Cetraria aculeata (Schreber) Fr. spiny heath lichen Univ. of Minnesota herbarium
Lecanorales (Lecanorineae) Parmeliaceae Cetraria arenaria Kärnefelt sand-loving Iceland lichen Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Lecanorineae) Parmeliaceae Cetrelia chicitae (Culb.) Culb. & C. Culb. sea-storm lichen Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Lecanorineae) Parmeliaceae Cetrelia olivetorum (Nyl.) Culb. & C. Culb. sea-storm lichen Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Lecanorineae) Physciaceae Amandinea milliaria (Tuck.) P. May & Sheard ? Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Lecanorineae) Physciaceae Amandinea punctata (Hoffm.) Coppins & Scheid. ? Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Lecanorineae) Physciaceae Anaptychia palmulata (Michx.) Vian. shaggy fringe lichen Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Lecanorineae) Physciaceae Buellia stillingiana J. Steiner common button lichen Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Teloschistineae) Teloschistaceae Caloplaca arenaria (Pers.) Müll. Arg. granite firedot lichen Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Teloschistineae) Teloschistaceae Caloplaca flavovirescens (Wulfen) Dalla Torre & Sarnth. granite firedot lichen Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Teloschistineae) Teloschistaceae Caloplaca fraudens (Th. Fr.) H. Olivier ? Arup (1994)
Lecanorales (Teloschistineae) Teloschistaceae Caloplaca holocarpa (Hoffm. ex Ach.) M. Wade firedot lichen Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Teloschistineae) Teloschistaceae Caloplaca microthallina (Wedd.) Zahlbr. ? Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Teloschistineae) Teloschistaceae Caloplaca scopularis (Nyl.) Lettau ? Sullivan (1996)
Lecanorales (Teloschistineae) Teloschistaceae Caloplaca xanthostigmoidea (Räsänen) Zahlbr. ? Wetmore (2001)
Leotiales Baeomycetaceae Baeomyces rufus (Hudson) Rebent. brown beret lichen Sullivan (1996)
Leotiales Mycocaliciaceae Chaenothecopsis pusiola (Ach.) Vainio ? Sullivan (1996)
Leotiales Mycocaliciaceae Chaenothecopsis savonica (Räsänen) Tibell ? Sullivan (1996)

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Loculoascomycota

Order (Suborder) Family Genus Specific Epithet authority common name Sources (full citations given at bottom of page)
Arthoniales Arthoniaceae Arthonia albofuscescens Tuck. ? Sullivan (1996)
Arthoniales Arthoniaceae Arthonia caesia (Flotow) Körber ? Sullivan (1996)
Arthoniales Arthoniaceae Arthonia diffusa Nyl. ? Sullivan (1996)
Arthoniales Arthoniaceae Arthonia punctiformis Ach. ? Sullivan (1996)
Arthoniales Arthoniaceae Arthonia radiata (Pers.) Ach. ? Plitt & Pessin (1924)
Patellariales? Arthrorhaphidaceae Arthrorhaphis citrinella (Ach.) Poelt ? Sullivan (1996)
Pyrenulales [Monoblastiaceae?] Acrocordia cavata (Ach.) R. C. Harris ? Sullivan (1996)
Pyrenulales [Monoblastiaceae?] Anisomeridium biforme (Borrer) R. C. Harris ? Sullivan (1996)
Pyrenulales [Monoblastiaceae?] Anisomeridium polypori (Ellis & Everh.) M. Em Barr ? Sullivan (1996)

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Sources:
   Arup, U. 1994. The genus Caloplaca on seashore rocks in eastern North America. Bryol. 97:377–392.
   Brodo, Irwin M., Sylvia Duran Sharnoff, and Stephen Sharnoff. 2001. Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut.
   Hinds, James W., and Patricia L. Hinds. 2007. The Macrolichens of New England. New York Botanical Garden Press.    Plitt, C. 1927. Succession in lichens. Bryol. 40:1–4.
   Plitt, C., & L. Pessin. 1924. A study of the effect of evaporation and light on the distribution of lichens. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 51:203–210.
   Printzen, C, and T. Tønsberg. 2004. New and interesting Biatora species, mainly from North America. Symb. Bot. Ups. 34:343–357.
   Rand, E. L., and J. H. Redfield. 1894. Flora of Mt. Desert Island, Maine. Cambridge, Massachusetts
   Riddle, L. 1909. Preliminary lists of New England plants, XXIII. Rhodora 11:215–219.
   Sullivan, T. 1996. The Lichens of Acadia National Park. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Minnesota.
   Wetmore, C. M. 1989. Lichens and air quality in White Mountain National Forest Wilderness Areas. Final Report, U. S. forest Service Contract USDA 40-1484-7-614.
   Wetmore, C. 2001. The Caloplaca citrina group in North and Central America. Bryol. 104:1–11.