Cladonia uliginosa #

Taxon #

Cladonia uliginosa

Organization #

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

Identification #

Cladonia uliginosa is somewhat similar morphologically and related to the much more common C. macrophyllodes (Pino-Bodas et al. 2024). It has a similar slatey blue color when dry but is a taller, verticillate, and more squamulose species.

Substrate #

terricolous (Spribille et al. 2023)

Notes #

Range not well-defined in Alaska, more collections and records needed.

(Pino-Bodas et al. 2024)

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