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Cladonia curiosity

  • 28 Feb 2021 11:01 PM
    Message # 10150726
    Anonymous

    Anyone have a best guess please for which Cladonia species this could be?


    Apologies no chem or UV test performed, only photographed didn’t collect, substrate decaying wood, elevation roughly 700 feet, Deschutes Falls Park, WA. The first photo upper middle area shows the apothecia are oddly elongated like fingers. Possibly more than one species, specifically curious about the cups with proliferations.


    Thanks in advance for any insights.

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  • 01 Mar 2021 7:24 AM
    Reply # 10151798 on 10150726
    Bruce McCune (Administrator)

    Looks like two species present, Cladonia chlorophaea group (nice cups, melanotic base so maybe C. albonigra) and probably C. squamosa.

  • 01 Mar 2021 8:40 AM
    Reply # 10152022 on 10150726
    Anonymous

    Thanks Bruce! C chlorophaea group was my closest guess for the cups. Wow, wasn’t thinking C squamosa at all. Is that in reference to the ones with odd apothecia in first photo?

  • 02 Mar 2021 4:57 PM
    Reply # 10157141 on 10150726
    Bruce McCune (Administrator)

    Not sure about apothecia, but they have poorly formed to nonexistent cups and completely covered with little squamules

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