Cladonia macilenta
Cladonia macilenta | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Lecanorales |
Family: | Cladoniaceae |
Genus: | Cladonia |
Species: | C. macilenta |
Binomial name | |
Cladonia macilenta Hoffm. (1796) | |
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Cladonia macilenta or the lipstick cup lichen[1] is a species of cup lichen in the family Cladoniaceae.[2]
The species is red listed in Iceland as an endangered species (EN).[3] While it is found in various regions of the UK, it is considered potentially threatened in parts of the lowlands due to habitat loss.[4]
Verrucaster lichenicola, described by Friedrich Tobler in 1913,[5] was proposed to be a fungus with waxy pycnidia and hyaline conidia lacking septa. It was, however, a little-known taxon, as the type specimen was lost and not collected again. The rediscovery of the type material more than a century later revealed that what Tobler thought to be a lichenicolous fungus was instead pycnidia of Cladonia macilenta, and thus the two taxa are placed in synonymy.[6]
Description
Cladonia macilenta is small- to medium-sized amongst other Cladonia species and notably lacks cups even at maturity.[4] Typically, it is found in open or well-lit wooded areas and heathlands growing on strongly acidic wood and soil. It is often mistaken for Cladonia polydactyla,[4] because some morphs of that species can lack cups, particularly when pollution-stressed, shaded, or juvenile. but C. macilenta can be differentiated coloration (C. macilenta is typically white or grey, while C. polydactyla is typically blue-grey) or by the reproductive structures (soredia) which are granular in C. polydactyla and more mealy (farinose) in C. macilenta.[4]
References
- ^ "Standardized Common Names for Wild Species in Canada". National General Status Working Group. 2020.
- ^ "Cladonia macilenta Hoffm". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands [Icelandic Institute of Natural History] (1996). Válisti 1: Plöntur. (in Icelandic) Reykjavík: Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands.
- ^ a b c d "Cladonia macilenta | The British Lichen Society". britishlichensociety.org.uk.
- ^ Tobler, F. (1913). "Verrucaster lichenicola nov. gen., nov. spec". Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins zu Bremen. 21 (2): 383–384.
- ^ Diederich, Paul; Schultz, Matthias (2021). "The identity of Verrucaster lichenicola Tobler". Herzogia. 34 (1): 203–207. doi:10.13158/heia.34.1.2021.203.
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