Scientific Name:	Umbilicaria aprina Nyl.
English Name:	tentacled rocktripe
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:	UMBIAPR
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Plantae Ascomycota Lecanoromycetes Lecanorales Umbilicariaceae
Conservation Status / Legal Designation
Global Status:	GNR
Provincial Status:	SU (Apr 2025)
BC List:	Unknown
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Endemic:	N
Global Range Comment:	Peculiarly disjunct species known from collections in Ethiopia, Scandanavia, Baffin Island, N.W.T., British Columbia, Alaska, and Antarctica.
Disjunct, more common elsewhere:	N
Peripheral, major distribution elsewhere:	N
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B.C. Conservation Data Centre. Species Summary: Umbilicaria aprina. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 8, 2026).