Cladonia carneola #

Taxon #

Cladonia carneola

Organization #

Clade Ochroleucae (Stenroos et al. 2018)

Identification #

Known as the crowned pixie cup (Brodo et al. 2001), this species gets its name from the crown-like appearamce the cup rims or proliferating podetia or pycnidia take. The cups can proliferate from the center or the rim of the tier before, usually more often the rim. It is a sorediate species that produces apothecia which can also help ID this lichen as they are a much lighter tan color than the fertile forms of most other sorediate, cup forming species with brown pycnidia and apothecia. It looks very much like a member of the C. chlorophea complex in infertile specimens.

Substrate #

Terricolous, lignicolous (Spribille et al. 2023)

Chemical Tests #

K-, C-, KC- or KC+ “gold”, Pd-, UV- (Brodo et al. 2001)