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United States

North America · Northern America

Total Species
11292
Threatened
794
CR + EN + VU
Population
331,002,647
Area
9,833,517 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 159
Endangered 267
Vulnerable 368
Near Threatened 429
Least Concern 4219
Data Deficient 187
Not Evaluated 5464
Extinct in the Wild 1
Extinct 150

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 5386
Animalia 3833
Fungi 1835
Protozoa 86
Bacteria 78
Chromista 74

Featured Species

All Species in United States

Chicken Fat Mushroom

Suillus americanus

Not Evaluated

Sand-Loving Iceland Lichen

Cetraria arenaria

Not Evaluated

Smooth Rock Tripe

Umbilicaria mammulata

Not Evaluated

Peppered Pelt Lichen

Peltigera evansiana

Not Evaluated

Copper Penny Fungus

Pachyella clypeata

Not Evaluated

Plated Rock Tripe

Umbilicaria muehlenbergii

Not Evaluated

Clay-Gilled Milkcap

Lactarius argillaceifolius

Not Evaluated

Frosted Rock Tripe

Umbilicaria americana

Not Evaluated

Orange Hobnail Canker

Amphilogia gyrosa

Not Evaluated

Silky Parchment

Stereum striatum

Not Evaluated

Straight-Stalked Entoloma

Entoloma strictius

Not Evaluated

Winter Funnel

Clitocybe brumalis

Not Evaluated

Degel’S Pepper-Spore Lichen

Rinodina degeliana

Not Evaluated

Hanging Fringe Lichen

Anaptychia setifera

Not Evaluated

Long-Spored Dotted Lichen

Biatora longispora

Not Evaluated

Graceful Bolete

Austroboletus gracilis

Not Evaluated

Smoothish-Stemmed Bolete

Hemileccinum subglabripes

Not Evaluated

Powdery Sulfur Bolete

Pulveroboletus ravenelii

Not Evaluated

Orange-Cored Shadow Lichen

Phaeophyscia rubropulchra

Not Evaluated

Sheathed Woodtuft

Kuehneromyces marginellus

Not Evaluated

Common Button Lichen

Buellia erubescens

Not Evaluated

Red-Mouth Bolete

Boletus subvelutipes

Not Evaluated

Rosette Lichen

Physcia millegrana

Not Evaluated

Russell'S Bolete

Aureoboletus russellii

Not Evaluated

Scaly Shadow Lichen

Phaeophyscia squarrosa

Not Evaluated

Slender Rosette Lichen

Physcia subtilis

Not Evaluated

Wrinkly Stinkhorn

Phallus rugulosus

Not Evaluated

Light-And-Dark Lichen

Pseudevernia cladonia

Not Evaluated

Spreading Yellow Tooth

Hydnophlebia chrysorhiza

Not Evaluated

Yellowish-Green Rock-Shield Lichen

Xanthoparmelia viriduloumbrina

Not Evaluated

Frosted Ragged-Rim Lichen

Loxospora cismonica

Not Evaluated

Hairy Jellyskin Lichen

Leptogium hirsutum

Not Evaluated

Long-Bearded Jellyskin Lichen

Leptogium burnetiae

Not Evaluated

Eastern Ragged-Rim Lichen

Loxospora ochrophaea

Not Evaluated

Brown-Toothed Crust Fungus

Hydnoporia olivacea

Not Evaluated

Rock Axil-Bristle Lichen

Myelochroa obsessa

Not Evaluated

Eastern Speckled Shield Lichen

Punctelia bolliana

Not Evaluated

Figerlike Jellyskin Lichen

Leptogium dactylinum

Not Evaluated

Rosy Parachute

Marasmius pulcherripes

Not Evaluated

Smooth Axil-Bristle Lichen

Myelochroa galbina

Not Evaluated

Beard Lichen

Usnea subgracilis

Not Evaluated

Bony Beard Lichen

Usnea trichodea

Not Evaluated

Fool'S Mushroom

Amanita verna

Not Evaluated

Jaguar-Spot Comma Lichen

Arthothelium ruanum

Not Evaluated

Filmy Dome Spider

Neriene radiata

Critically Endangered

Karnal bunt

Tilletia indica

Not Evaluated

Tree Stipplescale

Placidium arboreum

Not Evaluated

Mixed-Up Pixie-Cup

Cladonia mateocyatha

Not Evaluated

Japanese-Lantern

Alkekengi officinarum

Not Evaluated

Sieve Lichen

Cladonia multiformis

Not Evaluated

Veiled Polypore

Cryptoporus volvatus

Not Evaluated

Rock-Loving Cladonia

Cladonia petrophila

Not Evaluated

White Maze Polypore

Trametes elegans

Not Evaluated

Dixie Reindeer Lichen

Cladonia subtenuis

Not Evaluated

Fishnet Cladonia

Cladonia boryi

Not Evaluated

Rock Wart Lichen

Pertusaria plittiana

Not Evaluated

Rugose Rim-Lichen

Lecanora rugosella

Not Evaluated

Rust fungus

Uromyces spegazzinii

Not Evaluated

Shag Stippleback Lichen

Dermatocarpon moulinsii

Not Evaluated

Candy Apple Waxy Cap

Hygrocybe cuspidata

Not Evaluated

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