Biology:Cladonia subulata

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Short description: Species of lichen-forming fungus

Cladonia subulata
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Cladoniaceae
Genus: Cladonia
Species:
C. subulata
Binomial name
Cladonia subulata
(L.) Weber ex F.H.Wigg. (1780)
Synonyms
  • Lichen subulatus L. (1753)

Cladonia subulata is a species of fruticose, cup lichen in the family Cladoniaceae. It was first described as a new species by the Swedish taxonomist Carl Linnaeus in 1753.[1] It was transferred to the genus Cladonia by Friedrich Heinrich Wiggers in 1780.[2] In North America, the lichen is colloquially known as the antlered powderhorn[3] or antlered cup lichen.[4]

In Nepal, Cladonia subulata has been reported from 2,200 to 2,700 m elevation in a compilation of published records.[5]

See also

  • List of lichens named by Carl Linnaeus

References

  1. Linnaeus, Carl (1753) (in la). Species plantarum. 2. Stockholm: Impensis Laurentii Salvii. p. 1153. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/359174. 
  2. Wiggers, F.H. (1780) (in la). Primitiae Florae Holsaticae. Litteris Mich. Frider. Bartschii Acad. Typogr.. p. 90. https://archive.org/details/primitiaeflorae00webegoog/page/n98/mode/2up. 
  3. Brodo, Irwin M.; Sharnoff, Sylvia Duran; Sharnoff, Stephen (2001). Lichens of North America. Yale University Press. p. 273. ISBN 978-0-300-08249-4. 
  4. "Standardized Common Names for Wild Species in Canada". 2020. https://www.wildspecies.ca. 
  5. Baniya, Chitra Bahadur; Solhøy, Torstein; Gauslaa, Yngvar; Palmer, Michael W. (2010). "The elevation gradient of lichen species richness in Nepal". The Lichenologist 42 (1): 83–96. doi:10.1017/S0024282909008627. 

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