Cladonia turgida Ehrh. ex Hoffm. is a fungus in the Cladoniaceae family, order Lecanorales, kingdom Fungi. Not known to be toxic.

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Cladonia turgida Ehrh. ex Hoffm.

Cladonia turgida Ehrh. ex Hoffm.

Cladonia turgida, the crazy-scale cup lichen, is a Cladoniaceae cup lichen containing atranorin and sometimes low levels of fumarprotocetraric acid.

Family
Genus
Cladonia
Order
Lecanorales
Class
Lecanoromycetes

About Cladonia turgida Ehrh. ex Hoffm.

Cladonia turgida, commonly called the crazy-scale cup lichen, is a species of cup lichen that belongs to the family Cladoniaceae. This lichen contains the compounds atranorin and fumarprotocetraric acid; fumarprotocetraric acid is sometimes present in low quantities.

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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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