Cladonia coniocraea (Flörke) Spreng. is a fungus in the Cladoniaceae family, order Lecanorales, kingdom Fungi. Not known to be toxic.

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Cladonia coniocraea (Flörke) Spreng.

Cladonia coniocraea (Flörke) Spreng.

Cladonia coniocraea is a fruticose cup lichen in Cladoniaceae with an unassessed IUCN status, marked data deficient in Iceland.

Family
Genus
Cladonia
Order
Lecanorales
Class
Lecanoromycetes

About Cladonia coniocraea (Flörke) Spreng.

Cladonia coniocraea (Flörke) Spreng., commonly called the common powderhorn or powderhorn cup lichen, is a fruticose cup lichen species that belongs to the family Cladoniaceae. Heinrich Gustav Flörke first formally described this species in 1821 under the name Cenomyce coniocraea. In 1827, Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel reclassified it into the genus Cladonia, resulting in its current accepted scientific name. As of July 2021, the IUCN has not evaluated the conservation status of this species. In Iceland, the conservation status of Cladonia coniocraea is listed as data deficient (DD).

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Taxonomy

Fungi Ascomycota Lecanoromycetes Lecanorales Cladoniaceae Cladonia

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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