Cladonia macrophyllodes #

Taxon #

Cladonia macrophyllodes

Organization #

Clade Cladonia, Subclade Cladonia (Stenroos et al. 2018)

Identification #

The generally grayish color in combination with the abundant, large squamules and cups that are rather erratic except for the very youngest of the proliferations which appear more typical. Lower tiers of cups generally flatten out into a planar and flat-topped appearance. The work by Stenroos et al. showed that this species is closely related to C. uliginosa, another esorediate species which shares the slatey gray-blue color of C. macrophyllodes and is also abundantly squmulose, is more verticillate than C. macrophyllodes. When apothecia re produced they are brown (CLH).

Substrate #

Terricolous

Chemical Tests #

K+ yellow to brown, C-, KC-, Pd+ red, UV- (CLH)