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Vranger Horsehair Lichen - Bryoria vrangiana
Other Names:  Bryoria cf. vrangiana

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Native Species

Global Rank: GNR
State Rank: SU
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Bryoria vrangiana (Gyelnik) Brodo & D. Hawksworth is known to occur in Europe (Egan 1987; Thomson 1984) and has been reported to occur in Montana (Brodo & Hawksworth 1977; DeBolt & McCune 1993). The cumulative checklist for lichen-forming, lichenicolous, and allied fungi of the continental United States and Canada, version 24 accepts Bryoria vrangiana as a synonym to Bryoria fuscescens (Esslinger 2021). Collections made in Glacier National Park during the 1970s to 1980s were assigned to Bryoria vrangiana, which exhibit some different characteristics (Consortium of Lichen Herbaria, accessed October 20, 2025; DeBolt & McCune 1993). The name of Bryoria cf. vrangiana serves as a placeholder for populations in our region that are described as B. vrangiana using the publication by Brodo and Hawksworth (1977), even though these collections do not appear to belong to thiss species (McCune et al. 2014). However, no other name is available for these collections (McCune et al. 2014). Therefore, the conservation status rank for Bryoria cf. vrangiana in Montana is unrankable (SU).
Vranger Horsehair Lichen (Bryoria vrangiana) Conservation Status Summary
State Rank: SU
Review Date = 11/14/2025
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References
  • Literature Cited AboveLegend:   View Online Publication
    • A cumulative checklist for the lichen-forming, lichenicolous and allied fungi of the Continental United States and Canada, version 24. Opuscula Philolichenum 20: 100-394.
    • Brodo, I.M., and D.L. Hawksworth. 1977. Alectoria and allied genera in North America. Opera Botanica 42:1-164.
    • DeBolt, A. and B. McCune. 1993. Lichens of Glacier National Park. The Bryologist 96(2):192-204.
    • Egan, Robert S. 1987. A fifth checklist of the lichen-forming, lichenicolous and allied fungi of the continental United States and Canada. The Bryologist 90(2):77-173.
    • McCune, B., Rosentreter, R., Spribille, T., Breuss, O., and Wheeler, T. 2014. Montana Lichens: An Annotated List. Monographs in North American Lichenology, Volume 2, Northwest Lichenologists, Corvallis, Oregon.
    • Thomson, J.W. 1984. American arctic lichens. 1. The macrolichens. Columbia University Press, N.Y. 504 pp.
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