BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary
Erioderma sorediatum
vole felt
| Scientific Name: | Erioderma sorediatum D.J. Galloway & P.M. Jørg. | ||||||||||
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| English Name: | vole felt | ||||||||||
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| 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. | ||||||||||
| Classification Level: | Species | ||||||||||
| Species Group: | Lichen | ||||||||||
| Species Code: | ERIOSOR | ||||||||||
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| Global Status: | G4G5 (Aug 2017) | ||||||||||
| Provincial Status: | S2S3 (Apr 2019) | ||||||||||
| BC List: | Blue | ||||||||||
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| Global Habitat Comments: | On twigs and branches of shore pine, Sitka spruce, and ericaceous shrubs, particularly on sand dunes. Also, on alder (Olympic Peninsula). Not closely associated with old-growth forests. Grows on rocks (Thomson 1984). | ||||||||||
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| Endemic: | N | ||||||||||
| Global Range Comment: | New Zealand, Galapagos Islands, Philippines, Tanzania, North America. In North America, from Alaska to oregon, along immediate Pacific coast. | ||||||||||
| Disjunct, more common elsewhere: | N | ||||||||||
| Peripheral, major distribution elsewhere: | N | ||||||||||
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| Global Information Author: | CHRISTY, J. AND L. OLIVER (2002) | ||||||||||
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| References and Related Literature | |||||||||||
Goward, T., B. McCune, and D. Meidinger. 1994. The Lichens of British Columbia Illustrated Keys, Part 1- Foliose and Squamulose Species. Ministry of Forests Research Program, Victoria, British Columbia. 181 pp. |
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McCune, B., R. Rosentreter, and A. DeBolt. 1997. Biogeography of rare lichens from the coast of Oregon. In T. N. Kaye, A. Liston, R.M. Love, D. L. Luoma, R.J. Meinke, and M.V. Wilson Eds. Conservation and Management of Native Plants and Fungi. Native Plant Society of Oregon, Corvallis. |
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Thomson, J.W. 1984. American arctic lichens. 1. The macrolichens. Columbia University Press, N.Y. 504 pp. |
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Please visit the website Conservation Status Ranks for definitions of the data fields used in this summary report.
Suggested Citation:
B.C. Conservation Data Centre. Species Summary: Erioderma sorediatum. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 13, 2026).