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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

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

Winter Jasmine

Jasminum nudiflorum

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

Common Orange Lichen

Xanthoria parietina

Least Concern

Orange Mycena

Mycena leaiana

Not Evaluated

Tenthredid wasp

Nesoselandria morio

Not Evaluated

Pom-Pom Shadow Lichen

Phaeophyscia pusilloides

Not Evaluated

Powdery Axil-Bristle Lichen

Myelochroa aurulenta

Not Evaluated

Rosy Saucer Lichen

Ochrolechia trochophora

Not Evaluated

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

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