Cladonia wainioi #

Taxon #

Cladonia wainioi

Organization #

Clade Wainioa (Stenroos et al. 2018)

Identification #

It resembles the now subsumed “Cladina” species being abundantly branched at the apices and forming similar shrub-like grows. It is most likely to be confused for C. stellaris or C. uncialis. The tips of the branches in C. wainioi are more extensively browned. It lacks a main axil like C. rangiferina, C. portentosa, C. stygia, etc.

Substrate #

Terricolous or on bryophytes (CLH) among heaths

Chemical Tests #

K+ yellow, C-, Pd- (CLH)

Notes #

Work by Stenroos et al. from 2018 showed that C. wainioi resides in its own clade.

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