Cladonia cyanipes #

Taxon #

Cladonia cyanipes

Organization #

Cladonia spp.

Identification #

Very similar to Cladonia subulata or to a lesser extent C. alpina. C. cyanipes does not blacken at the base of the podetia but rather has a cyan or light bluish-green color. The rest of the podetia may be light bluish-green or nearly white. The tips of the podetia may be blunted or branched but the lichen does not become so yellow as C. alpina with abundant usnic acid. C. subulata produces cups with fingerlike proliferations along their rims. The soredia of C. cyanipes can be farinose to granular. C. subulata and C. alpina are less commonly found on wood than C. cyanipes, more often being terricolous directly on soil (CLH). C. farinacea is somehwat similar in appearance but can be separated by the perforations of the podetia which are absent in C. cyanipes.

Substrate #

Terricolous, lignicolous (CLH)

Chemical Tests #

K-, C-, Pd-, UV- or UV+ white (CLH and ITALIC)

Nimis P.L., 2025. ITALIC - The Information System on Italian Lichens. Version 8.0. University of Trieste, Dept. of Biology, (https://dryades.units.it/italic), accessed on 2025, 04, 19. for all. All data are released under a CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.