Cladonia
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| Cladonia portentosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Cladoniaceae |
| Genus: | Cladonia P.Browne (1756)
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F.H.Wigg. (1780)
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Cladonia is a
Nenets in Russia. Antibiotic compounds are extracted from some species to create antibiotic cream. The light green species Cladonia stellaris is used in flower
decorations.
Although the
phylogeny
of the genus Cladonia is still under investigation, two main morphological groups are commonly differentiated by taxonomists: the Cladonia morpho-type and the Cladina morpho-type. The Cladonia morpho-type has many more species, and is generally described as a group of squamulose (grow from squamules), cup-bearing lichens. The Cladina morpho-types are often referred to as forage lichens, mat-forming lichens, or reindeer lichens (due to their importance as caribou winter forage).
Cladonia perforata ("perforate cladonia") is one of two on the U.S. Endangered Species List, and it should never be collected. It exists only in a few small populations in Florida.
Several Cladonia species grow on sand
habitat for conservation under the E.U.
Habitats Directive.
Cladonia species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Chionodes continuella.
Selected species
Selected species of Cladonia include:[2]
- Cladonia amaurocraea – quill lichen
- Cladonia arbuscula – reindeer lichens
- Cladonia asahinae – pixie cup lichen
- Cladonia borealis – boreal cup lichen
- Cladonia cardiosa – split-leg lichen
- Cladonia cenotea – powdered funnel lichen
- Cladonia chlorophaea – mealy pixie cup
- Cladonia coccifera – madam's cup
- Cladonia coniocraea – common powderhorn
- Cladonia cristatella – British soldiers lichen
- Cladonia deformis – lesser sulphur-cup lichen
- Cladonia fimbriata – trumpet lichen
- Cladonia gracilis – smooth horn lichen
- Cladonia macilenta – lipstick powderhorn
- Cladonia macrophyllodes – large-leaved cladonia
- Cladonia mitis – green reindeer lichen, yellow reindeer lichen
- Cladonia mongkolsukii
- Cladonia multiformis – sieve lichen
- Cladonia parasitica
- Cladonia peziziformis – cup lichen
- Cladonia phyllophora – felt horn lichen
- Cladonia pleurota – red-fruited pixie cup
- Cladonia portentosa – reindeer lichen
- Cladonia pyxidata – pebbled pixie lichen
- Cladonia rangiferina – grey reindeer lichen, true reindeer lichen
- Cladonia rei – wand lichen
- Cladonia squamosa – dragon horn
- Cladonia stellaris – northern reindeer lichen, star-tipped reindeer lichen
- Cladonia turgida – crazy scale lichen
- Cladonia uncialis – thorn lichen
- Cladonia verticillata – ladder lichen
Gallery
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Cladonia coniocraea – common powderhorn -
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Cladonia cristatella – British soldiers -
Cladonia macilenta var. bacillaris – lipstick cladonia -
Cladonia macrophyllodes – large-leaved cladonia -
Cladonia grayi complex -
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Cladonia pleurota – red-fruited pixie cup -
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References
Anderson, R. (2009). Cladonia peziziformis (With.) J.R. Laundon (Lecanorales: Cladoniaceae) re-discovered in Co. Down. Ir. Nat. J. 30: 146.
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