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Order: Lecanorales Family: Cladoniaceae
Species:
Cladonia ciliata var. tenuis
Primary thallus absent, secondary thallus fruticose.
Photos: Among moss on acidic rock. Inchigeela, Cork, SW Ireland.
Identified by John Douglass
No squamules. Well-branched (dichotomously) with axils rarely perforated. Podetia pale ashy-grey to green-grey in colour with brownish-purple tips that are turned down at ends and clearly orientated in one direction. Very variable.
Can form large patches among heather stems on heaths and bogs and amongst scree. K-, KC-, P+ red, UV-
Cladonia ciliata var. ciliata
is less frequent, lacks usnic acid.
Similar:
Cladonia portentosa
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