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United States

North America · Northern America

Total Species
11292
Threatened
274
CR + EN + VU
Population
331.002.647
Area
9.833.517 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 42
Endangered 98
Vulnerable 134
Near Threatened 153
Least Concern 2196
Data Deficient 112
Not Evaluated 3438
Extinct in the Wild 1
Extinct 86

Species by Taxonomic Group

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

Featured Species

All Species in United States

Milky Conecap

Conocybe apala

Endangered

Starburst Shadow Lichen

Phaeophyscia endococcina

Least Concern

Spotted Crane'S-Bill

Geranium maculatum

Not Evaluated

Guinea ant

Tetramorium bicarinatum

Not Evaluated

Yellow Soot Lichen

Calicium lucidum

Data Deficient

Naked Kidney Lichen

Nephroma bellum

Least Concern

Orange Polypore Mould

Hypomyces aurantius

Not Evaluated

Earth Lichen

Catapyrenium cinereum

Least Concern

Forest pathogen

Venturia saliciperda

Not Evaluated

Thrips

Aptinothrips stylifer

Not Evaluated

common bushweed

Flueggea virosa

Least Concern

Spruce-Labrador Tea Needle Rust

Chrysomyxa ledicola

Not Evaluated

Rosette Pixie-Cup Lichen

Cladonia pocillum

Critically Endangered

Aphid

Macrosiphoniella subterranea

Not Evaluated

Greater Toad Pelt Lichen

Peltigera scabrosa

Least Concern

Inundated Speck Lichen

Verrucaria margacea

Data Deficient

Oak Leaf Blister

Taphrina caerulescens

Least Concern

Pear-Shaped Puffball

Apioperdon pyriforme

Least Concern

Red Dock Spot

Ramularia rubella

Not Evaluated

Frosted Cup Lichen

Cladonia ecmocyna

Least Concern

Giant Cladonia Lichen

Cladonia maxima

Not Evaluated

Blushing Beard Truffle

Rhizopogon roseolus

Data Deficient

Brown Witch'S Butter

Phaeotremella fimbriata

Not Evaluated

Rimmed Camouflage Lichen

Melanelia hepatizon

Least Concern

Elegant Horsehair Lichen

Bryoria americana

Not Evaluated

Mite

Chirodiscoides caviae

Not Evaluated

Fishbone Beard Lichen

Usnea dasopoga

Least Concern

Powdered Camouflage Lichen

Montanelia sorediata

Least Concern

Rove beetle

Bledius gallicus

Least Concern

Pinkmottle Woodwax

Hygrophorus russula

Near Threatened

Spring Polypore

Lentinus arcularius

Not Evaluated

Cyclaneusma needle cast

Cyclaneusma minus

Not Evaluated

Wasp

Euderus albitarsis

Not Evaluated

Douglas fir canker

Allantophomopsiella pseudotsugae

Not Evaluated

Little Emerald Lichen

Myriospora smaragdula

Least Concern

Crimped Gill

Plicaturopsis crispa

Not Evaluated

Peg Lichen

Cladonia subcariosa

Not Evaluated

Crowded Cuplet

Merismodes fasciculata

Not Evaluated

Fishbone Beard Lichen

Usnea filipendula

Not Evaluated

Speckled Iceland Lichen

Cetrelia cetrarioides

Not Evaluated

Wasp

Tetrastichus coeruleus

Not Evaluated

Fungus

Leptographium procerum

Not Evaluated

Great Ciliated Lichen

Anaptychia ciliaris

Not Evaluated

Giraffe Spots

Peniophora albobadia

Not Evaluated

Wasp

Goetheana shakespearei

Not Evaluated

Bloodred Webcap

Cortinarius sanguineus

Not Evaluated

Myrtle rust

Austropuccinia psidii

Not Evaluated

Honeysuckle Leaf Blight

Insolibasidium deformans

Not Evaluated

Large White Leucopax

Leucopaxillus albissimus

Not Evaluated

Powdered Speckleback Lichen

Punctelia perreticulata

Not Evaluated

Rough Speckled Shield Lichen

Punctelia rudecta

Not Evaluated

Ruffled Jellyskin

Leptogium chloromelum

Not Evaluated

Purple Pinwheel

Marasmius haematocephalus

Not Evaluated

Black-Stalked Marasmius

Tetrapyrgos nigripes

Not Evaluated

Common Goldspeck

Candelariella vitellina

Least Concern

Tumbling Puffball

Bovista pila

Not Evaluated

Yellow-Gilled Gymnopilus

Gymnopilus luteofolius

Not Evaluated

Harlequin Darner

Gomphaeschna furcillata

Least Concern

Inelegant Horsehair Lichen

Bryoria trichodes

Not Evaluated

Magnolia-Cone Xylaria

Xylaria magnoliae

Not Evaluated

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