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Cladonia straminea (Sommerf.) Flörke

Clad. Comm.: 87, 1827. Basionym: Cenomyce straminea Sommerf. - Suppl. Fl. Lapp.): 128, 1826

Synonyms: Cladonia metacorallifera Asahina

Distribution: N - TAA (Burgaz & al. 2020).

Description: Primary thallus squamulose, persistent, the squamules up 4 mm wide, flattened, moderately divided into small, rounded lobes, dark yellowish green above, white beneath. Podetia goblet-shaped, dark yellowish green, hollow inside, with narrow cups, 4.5-7.5 mm tall, 2-4 mm wide, 1.5-2 mm thick at base, corticate, covered with numerous squamules and microsquamules, sometimes mixed with granules; basal areas and margins of cups often decorticate, with a visible blackened stereome. Apothecia scarlet red, mostly 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 red, most frequent along the margins of cups, with a red slime. Conidia hyaline, curved. Photobiont chlorococcoid. Spot tests: chemotype a): K-, C-, KC+ pale yellow, P-, UV+ white; chemotype b): K+ yellow, C-, KC+ pale yellow, P+ yellow, UV–. Chemistry: chemotype a): usnic, didymic and squamatic acids; chemotype b): usnic, didymic and thamnolic acids. Rhodocladonic acid in apothecia of both chemotypes.

Note: a very rare species growing on mosses between siliceous boulders in oceanic areas, mostly in sites with a short snow-lie, in the montane to subalpine belts.

Growth form: Fruticose

Substrata: soil, terricolous mosses, and plant debris

Photobiont: green algae other than Trentepohlia

Reproductive strategy: mainly sexual

Most common in areas with a humid-warm climate (e.g. most of Tyrrenian Italy)

Commonnes-rarity: (info)

Alpine belt: extremely rare

Subalpine belt: extremely rare

Oromediterranean belt: absent

Montane belt: extremely rare

Submediterranean belt: absent

Padanian area: absent

Humid submediterranean belt: absent

Humid mediterranean belt: absent

Dry mediterranean belt: absent

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Poleotolerance:

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Predictive model

Herbarium samples

Index Fungorum GBIF

Einar Timdal - Source: http://www.nhm2.uio.no/botanisk/lav/Photo_Gallery/Cladonia/straminea_Vinje%202002%2007%2019%20Timdal_ET_2.jpg

Curtis Randall Björk, - CC BY-SA 4.0

Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
2018

Pier Luigi Nimis - CC BY-SA 4.0

Herbarium: TSB 19614