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Cladoniaceae

50 species · Fungi

Fungi › Ascomycota › Lecanoromycetes › Lecanorales › Cladoniaceae

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.

Cladonia phyllophora Hoffm.

Cladonia phyllophora is a widely distributed fruticose lichen described in 1796, found on wood and soil across six continents.

Cladonia rei Schaer.

Cladonia rei Schaer. is a widespread terricolous pioneer lichen with variable podetial morphology, found across many temperate regions.

Cladonia amaurocraea (Flörke) Schaer.

Cladonia amaurocraea is a lichen with characteristic branched podetia found across boreal North America.

Cladonia apodocarpa Robb.

Cladonia apodocarpa is a North American cup lichen species in the Cladoniaceae family, first described in 1925.

Cladonia boryi Tuck.

Cladonia boryi Tuck. is a round-forming Cladonia lichen, mostly found in the northeastern US on sand or in forest glades.

Cladonia botrytes (K.G.Hagen) Willd.

Cladonia botrytes (wooden soldiers cup lichen) is a cup lichen from Cladoniaceae that grows in habitats containing secondary xylem.

Cladonia caespiticia (Pers.) P.Gaertn., B.Mey & Scherb.

Cladonia caespiticia is a widespread common fruticose cup lichen in Cladoniaceae, commonly called stubby-stalked Cladonia in North America.

Cladonia didyma (Fée) Vain.

Cladonia didyma, or southern soldiers, is a widely distributed fruticose lichen in the Cladoniaceae family.

Cladonia digitata (L.) Baumg.

Cladonia digitata is a fruticose lichen native to northern Eurasia and North America that grows primarily on rotten wood.

Cladonia floerkeana (Fr.) Flörke

Cladonia floerkeana is a morphologically variable, stress-tolerant pioneer lichen with a broad patchy global distribution on acidic substrates.

Cladonia incrassata Flörke

Cladonia incrassata is a cup lichen species in Cladoniaceae, found in Europe and North America, described in 1828.

Cladonia leporina Fr., 1831

Cladonia leporina, or jester lichen, is a Cladoniaceae lichen described in 1831, with its northernmost known occurrence in New York state.

Cladonia parasitica (Hoffm.) Hoffm.

Cladonia parasitica is a lichen that grows on old wood, found in North America and Eurasia, and indicates old-growth forest.

Cladonia perforata A.Evans

Cladonia perforata A.Evans is a poorly studied rare lichen endemic to specific habitats in Florida, USA.

Cladonia pocillum (Ach.) O.J.Rich.

Cladonia pocillum is a Cladoniaceae lichen that hosts many species of lichenicolous fungi.

Cladonia prostrata A.Evans

Cladonia prostrata is an endangered lichen endemic to the U.S. southeast coastal plain, growing in xeric relict dune habitats.

Cladonia strepsilis (Ach.) Mont.

Cladonia strepsilis, the olive cup lichen, is an endangered cup lichen found in Asia, Europe, and North America.

Cladonia subradiata (Vain.) Sandst.

Cladonia subradiata is a widely distributed lichen that grows in primary montane rainforests on humus or boulders.

Cladonia arbuscula (Wallr.) Flot.

Cladonia arbuscula is a widely distributed reindeer lichen that favors cool, open, northern habitats and reproduces both sexually and asexually.

Cladonia evansii des Abb.

Cladonia evansii is a Cladoniaceae lichen found in the southeastern US and Cuba, first formally named by Henry Nicollon des Abbayes.

Cladonia cervicornis (Ach.) Flot.

Cladonia cervicornis is a cup lichen from Cladoniaceae, known colloquially in North America as ladder lichen or elk's-horn cup lichen.

Cladonia grayi G.Merr. ex Sandst.

Cladonia grayi is a widespread, goblet-podetia lichen with almost cosmopolitan distribution, most abundant in the Northern Hemisphere.

Pilophorus acicularis (Ach.) Th.Fr.

Pilophorus acicularis is a common tripartite lichen that mostly grows on silicate stone in western North America and East Asia.

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Parmeliaceae 104 species Ramalinaceae 15 species Lecanoraceae 11 species Stereocaulaceae 4 species Sphaerophoraceae 2 species Byssolomataceae 1 species Psilolechiaceae 1 species Psoraceae 1 species

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