Cladonia caespiticia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lecanorales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Lecanoromycetes Subclassis: Lecanoromycetidae Ordo: Lecanorales

Familia: Cladoniaceae
Genus: Cladonia
Species: Cladonia caespiticia

Name

Cladonia caespiticia (Pers.) Flörke, 1887

Type: THE NETHERLANDS?, C.H. Persoon s.n. (H-ACH 1722A, lectotype n.v. [selected by Ahti (1993)]).

Ecology: Cladonia caespiticia occurs on humus, bare soil, and the bases of trees (especially hardwoods).

Distribution: Cladonia caespiticia is widespread and common throughout eastern North America with scattered occurrences in the Great Plains. It has also been reported from every other continent except Australia and Antarctica.

Basionym

Baeomyces caespiticius Pers., 1794

Synonymy

Baeomyces caespiticius Pers., Ann. Bot. (Usteri) 1: 19 (1794)

References

Flörke, Clad. Comm.: 8 (1828)

Floerke, H.G. (1828) De Cladoniis difficillimo Lichenum genere Commentation nova. - Rostock. (Mattick Rec.# 33830 - Recent Literature on Lichens)

Brodo, I.M., Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Cladonia (pp. 223-278) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages. (Description of Cladonia caespiticia and distribution map for North America: p. 242; color photo: p. 242, plate 217)

Hinds, J.W. and Hinds, P.L. (2007) Cladonia Hill ex P. Browne, 1756 (pp. 151-217) In, The Macrolichens of New England. - Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden No. 96. New York Botanical Garden Press, Bronx, New York. 584 pp. (Description of Cladonia caespiticia: p. 168; color photo: p. 168, Fig. 50)

Lendemer, J.C. and Hodkinson, B.P. (2009) The Wisdom of Fools: new molecular and morphological insights into the North American apodetiate species of Cladonia. - Opuscula Philolichenum 7: 79–100. PDF (Description of Cladonia caespiticia: pp. 89-91) (Plate 2, p. 88, C. caespiticia: Fig. 1, apothecia; Fig. 2, apothecia and primary squamules; Fig. 3, pycnidia)

Thomson, J.W. (2003) Cladonia P. Browne (pp. 73-90) In, Lichens of Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Herbarium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 386 pages. (Description of Cladonia caespiticia: p. 77)

van Herk, K. and Aptroot, A. (2004) Cladonia Hill ex P. Browne (pp. 128-165) In, Veldgids Korstmossen. Koninkliijke Nederlandse Natuurhistorische Vereniging, 423 pages; in Dutch. (Description of Cladonia caespiticia: p. 130; color photo: p. 131)

List of British Lichens & Lichenicolous Fungi

USDA Plant Database

North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#15) 27 Aug 2009

Index Fungorum

MycoBank

LIAS

Links to photos

Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos - Cladonia caespiticia

The Lichen Herbarium, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway (Photo Gallery) - Cladonia caespiticia

British Lichens (photo by M. Sutcliffe) Cladonia caespiticia

British Lichens (photo by Dave Genney) Cladonia caespiticia

Vernacular names

English: Stubby-stalked cladonia (Lichens of N.A.)
日本語: ドテハナゴケ
Nederlands: Greppelblaadje