Scientific Name:	Flavopunctelia flaventior (Stirton) Hale
English Name:	speckled mantle
Classification / Taxonomy
Scientific Name - Concept Reference:	Esslinger, T.L. and R.S. Egan. 1995. A sixth checklist of the lichen-forming, lichenicolous, and allied fungi of the continental United States and Canada. The Bryologist 98(4):467-549. As supplied by USDA, NRCS from The PLANTS database. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA. Version: November 19, 1997.
Classification Level:	Species
Species Group:	Lichen
Species Code:	FLAVFLA
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Plantae Ascomycota Lecanoromycetes Lecanorales Parmeliaceae
Conservation Status / Legal Designation
Global Status:	G5 (Oct 2015)
Provincial Status:	S2? (Apr 2019)
BC List:	Red
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Global Habitat Comments:	"The most frequent habitat (for Flavopuntelia flaventior) is Pinus and Quercus in the western states and Acer and Quercus in the hardwood forests of eastern North America" (Hale 1980).
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Endemic:	N
Global Range Comment:	Flavopuntelia flaventior is common and "occurs throughout the Americas, central Europe, Africa, and the Himalayan region" (Hale 1980).
Disjunct, more common elsewhere:	N
Peripheral, major distribution elsewhere:	N
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B.C. Conservation Data Centre. Species Summary: Flavopunctelia flaventior. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 7, 2026).