Biology:Cladonia cariosa

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Short description: Species of lichen

Cladonia cariosa
Cladonia cariosa - Flickr - pellaea.jpg
In Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge, Washington (state)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Cladoniaceae
Genus: Cladonia
Species:
C. cariosa
Binomial name
Cladonia cariosa
(Ach.) Spreng.
Synonyms[1]

Lichen cariosus Ach.

Cladonia cariosa, the split-peg lichen or the split-peg soldiers cup lichen,[2] is a species of fruticose, cup lichen in the family Cladoniaceae.[3] It was first formally named by Erik Acharius in 1799 as Lichen cariosus and transferred to the genus Cladonia in 1827 by Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel.[1] It has a broad distribution, occurring in Europe, Asia, North America, and South America.[4][5]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3678841 entry