Cladonia diversa S. Stenroos
(Asperges ex) S. Stenroos (in Ahti & Stenroos), Bot. Complut., 36: 32, 2012.
Synonyms:
Description: Primary thallus squamulose, persistent, the squamules ascending, middle-sized, 1-4 mm long and wide, variable in form, rounded or a little indented, yellowish green above, white or often yellowish towards the base beneath. Podetia goblet-shaped, hollow inside, yellowish-green to glaucescent and olive-coloured, often more or less orange at the dying base, 2(-3) cm tall, bearing broad, regular, sometimes marginally proliferating, up to 9 mm wide cups gradually or abruptly flaring into a short, 1-2 mm thick stalk which is often richly microsquamulose at the base; surface of podetia areolate-granulose (phyllidiate) but not sorediate. Apothecia frequent, scarlet red, convex, developing on the margins of cups. Asci 8-spored, clavate, thickened at apex, with a K/I+ blue tholus and a K/I+ strongly blue outer gelatinous sheath, Cladonia-type. Ascospores 1-celled, hyaline, ellipsoid. Pycnidia scarlet red to black, semi-immersed along the margins of cups, with a red jelly. Conidia hyaline, curved. Photobiont chlorococcoid. Spot tests: K-, C-, KC+ yellow, P-, UV-. Chemistry: usnic acid and zeorin (the latter visible as a layer of crystals in herbarium specimens), often also porphyrilic, conporphyrilic and isousnic acids; rhodocladonic acid in apothecia and pycnidia.
Growth form: Fruticose
Substrata: soil, terricolous mosses, and plant debris
Photobiont: green algae other than Trentepohlia
Reproductive strategy: mainly asexual, by soredia, or soredia-like structures (e.g. blastidia)
Commonnes-rarity: (info)
Alpine belt: very rare
Subalpine belt: rare
Montane belt: absent
Dry submediterranean belt: absent
Humid submediterranean belt: absent
Padanian area: absent
pH of the substrata:
1 2 3 4 5
Solar irradiation:
1 2 3 4 5
Aridity:
1 2 3 4 5
Eutrophication:
1 2 3 4 5
Poleotolerance:
0 1 2 3
Altitudinal distribution:
1 2 3 4 5 6
Rarity
absent
extremely rare
very rare
rare
rather rare
rather common
common
very common
extremely common
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Occurrence data
Predictive map
Saxifraga-Willem van Kruijsbergen http://www.freenatureimages.eu/plants/Lichenes,%20Korstmossen,%20Lichens/Cladonia%20borealis,%20Boreal%20cup%20lichen/
P.L. Nimis; Owner: Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
Herbarium: TSB (7825)
2001/12/04
Growth form: Fruticose
Substrata: soil, terricolous mosses, and plant debris
Photobiont: green algae other than Trentepohlia
Reproductive strategy: mainly asexual, by soredia, or soredia-like structures (e.g. blastidia)
Commonnes-rarity: (info)
Alpine belt: very rare
Subalpine belt: rare
Montane belt: absent
Dry submediterranean belt: absent
Humid submediterranean belt: absent
Padanian area: absent
pH of the substrata:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Solar irradiation:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Aridity:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Eutrophication:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Poleotolerance:
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Altitudinal distribution:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Rarity
absent
extremely rare
very rare
rare
rather rare
rather common
common
very common
extremely common
Loading data...
Occurrence data
Predictive map
Saxifraga-Willem van Kruijsbergen http://www.freenatureimages.eu/plants/Lichenes,%20Korstmossen,%20Lichens/Cladonia%20borealis,%20Boreal%20cup%20lichen/
