Cladonia coccifera (L.) Willd.
Fl. Berolin.: 361, 1787. Basionym: Lichen cocciferus L. - Sp. Pl.: 1151, 1753.
Synonyms: Capitularia asotea (Ach.) Flörke; Cladonia coccifera var. asotea Ach.; Cladonia coccifera var. stemmatina (Ach.) Vain.; Cladonia frondescens Nyl.
Distribution: N - Frl (Tretiach 1996, Tretiach & Hafellner 2000), Ven (Nimis 1994, Nascimbene & Caniglia 1997, 2003c, Caniglia & al. 1999, Nascimbene 2008), TAA (Caniglia & al. 2002, Nascimbene & Caniglia 2002c, Nascimbene & al. 2005, 2006, 2006e, 2008c, 2022), Lomb (Rivellini & Valcuvia 1996, Dalle Vedove & al. 2004, Gheza 2015, 2018, 2019, 2019b, Gheza & al. 2022), Piem (Morisi & Sereno 1995, Piervittori & al. 2001, Isocrono & al. 2003, 2004, Isocrono & Piervittori 2008, Gheza 2015, 2018, 2020, Gheza & Nascimbene 2024), VA (Borlandelli & al. 1996, Piervittori & Isocrono 1997, 1999, Valcuvia 2000, Matteucci & al. 2008), Emil (Tomaselli 1991, Rossi & Ferrari 1994, Dalle Vedove & al. 2002, Benesperi & al. 2007, Fariselli & al. 2020), Lig (Gheza & al. 2020). C - Tosc (Benesperi & al. 2007), Sar (Nöske 2000, Burgaz & al. 2020). S - Cal (Puntillo 1996, Burgaz & al. 2020), Si (Burgaz & al. 2019, 2020).
Description: Primary thallus squamulose, the squamules persistent, scattered or forming cushions, middle-sized, 2-4 mm long, variable in form, rounded or a little indented, yellowish green on upper side, white or often yellowish towards the base on lower side. Podetia goblet-shaped, hollow inside, yellowish green to greenish grey, 1-2(-3.5) cm tall, with 0.4-1.5 cm broad, regular or occasionally marginally proliferating cups with gradually tapering into short stalks, the surface covered in conspicuous, corticate, convex granules (schizidia), especially inside the cups, usually continuously corticate and sometimes sparsely squamulose at base. Apothecia frequent, scarlet red, convex, developing along 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, with a red jelly, pyriform, semi-immersed along the margins of cups. 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 on the surface, especially in herbarium specimens), often also isousnic and porphyrilic acids; rhodocladonic acid in apothecia and pycnidia.Note: a cool-temperate to arctic-alpine, circumpolar lichen found on soil in open situations, such as in dry tundra-like habitats, more rarely on wood in subalpine open forests. In the western part of the upper Padanian Plain the species has several dealpine stations in the submediterranean belt.
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: common
Subalpine belt: extremely common
Oromediterranean belt: extremely rare
Montane belt: rare
Submediterranean belt: very rare
Padanian area: absent
Humid submediterranean belt: absent
Humid mediterranean belt: absent
Dry mediterranean belt: absent
Predictive model
Herbarium samples
Leif Stridvall - Source: http://www.stridvall.se/la/galleries.php - Courtesy: Anita Stridvall
P.L. Nimis; Owner: Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
Herbarium: TSB (14983)
2002/12/18
P.L. Nimis; Owner: Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
Herbarium: TSB (14987)
2002/12/18
margin of cups with red pycnidia
Rylee Isitt -Wikimedia Commons - CC BY-SA-2.0
Rylee Isitt -Wikimedia Commons - CC BY-SA-2.0
Leif Stridvall
Courtesy: Anita Stridvall -Source: http://www.stridvall.se/lichens/gallery/
Felix Schumm – CC BY-SA 4.0
[14274], Portugal, Azoren, W-Terceira, Serra do Cume, 38°42.417' N, 27°6.581' W, 500-550 m. Leg. Aptroot & Schumm 11.07.2008, det. Schumm 2013.
Felix Schumm – CC BY-SA 4.0
[14274], Portugal, Azoren, W-Terceira, Serra do Cume, 38°42.417' N, 27°6.581' W, 500-550 m. Leg. Aptroot & Schumm 11.07.2008, det. Schumm 2013.
Felix Schumm – CC BY-SA 4.0
[14274], Portugal, Azoren, W-Terceira, Serra do Cume, 38°42.417' N, 27°6.581' W, 500-550 m. Leg. Aptroot & Schumm 11.07.2008, det. Schumm 2013.,
us: usnic acid, z: zeorin
Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0
[17204], Brasilien, Rio de Janeiro, Serra da Mantiqueira, Itatiaia, an einer stark bemoosten Wegböschung zwischen Registro do Picú und Agulhas Negras, 1700 m, 22°20' S, 44°45' W. Leg. K. Kalb, 12.07.1979, det. S. Stenroos. KALB: LICHENES NEOTROPICI 542.
Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0
[17204], Brasilien, Rio de Janeiro, Serra da Mantiqueira, Itatiaia, an einer stark bemoosten Wegböschung zwischen Registro do Picú und Agulhas Negras, 1700 m, 22°20' S, 44°45' W. Leg. K. Kalb, 12.07.1979, det. S. Stenroos. KALB: LICHENES NEOTROPICI 542.
Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0
[17204], Brasilien, Rio de Janeiro, Serra da Mantiqueira, Itatiaia, an einer stark bemoosten Wegböschung zwischen Registro do Picú und Agulhas Negras, 1700 m, 22°20' S, 44°45' W. Leg. K. Kalb, 12.07.1979, det. S. Stenroos. KALB: LICHENES NEOTROPICI 542.
Leif Stridvall
Courtesy: Anita Stridvall -Source: http://www.stridvall.se/lichens/gallery/
Leif Stridvall
Courtesy: Anita Stridvall -Source: http://www.stridvall.se/lichens/gallery/
Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0
[17204], Brasilien, Rio de Janeiro, Serra da Mantiqueira, Itatiaia, an einer stark bemoosten Wegböschung zwischen Registro do Picú und Agulhas Negras, 1700 m, 22°20' S, 44°45' W. Leg. K. Kalb, 12.07.1979, det. S. Stenroos. KALB: LICHENES NEOTROPICI 542.
Leif Stridvall
Courtesy: Anita Stridvall -Source: http://www.stridvall.se/lichens/gallery/
Leif Stridvall
Courtesy: Anita Stridvall -Source: http://www.stridvall.se/lichens/gallery/
Helena Rodriguez
Spain, Galicia, Peña Trevinca
06.2019
Curtis Randall Björk
N America
Gabriele Gheza - https://lichenidilombardia.home.blog
Italy, Lombardia, Bergamo, Vilminore di Scalve, 1530 m
30/04/2018
Gabriele Gheza - https://lichenidilombardia.home.blog
Italy, Lombardia, Brescia, Corteno Golgi, 809 m
19/08/2019
Gabriele Gheza - https://lichenidilombardia.home.blog
Italy, Lombardia, Brescia, Corteno Golgi, 809 m
19/08/2019
Gabriele Gheza - https://lichenidilombardia.home.blog
Italy, Lombardia, Brescia, Corteno Golgi, 809 m
19/08/2019
Gabriele Gheza - https://lichenidilombardia.home.blog
Italy, Lombardia, Sondrio, Valmasino, 1047 m
08/2019
Jacques Haine - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=1179&lang=en
France, Ardennes
Jacques Haine - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=1179&lang=en
France, Ardennes
Jacques Haine - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=1179&lang=en
France, Ardennes
Jacques Haine - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=1179&lang=en
France, Ardennes
Bernard Bouffinier - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=1179&lang=en
France, Roch Tredudon
Bernard Bouffinier - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=1179&lang=en
France, Commana
Bernard Bouffinier - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=1179&lang=en
France, Commana
Bernard Bouffinier - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=1179&lang=en
France, Commana
Ulrich Kirschbaum CC BY-SA 4.0 - Source: https://www.thm.de/lse/ulrich-kirschbaum/flechtenbilder
Central Europe; Germany: Hesse.
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: common
Subalpine belt: extremely common
Oromediterranean belt: extremely rare
Montane belt: rare
Submediterranean belt: very rare
Padanian area: absent
Humid submediterranean belt: absent
Humid mediterranean belt: absent
Dry mediterranean belt: absent
Predictive model
| Herbarium samples |
Index Fungorum
GBIF
Leif Stridvall - Source: http://www.stridvall.se/la/galleries.php - Courtesy: Anita Stridvall
P.L. Nimis; Owner: Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
Herbarium: TSB (14983)
2002/12/18
P.L. Nimis; Owner: Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
Herbarium: TSB (14987)
2002/12/18
margin of cups with red pycnidia
Rylee Isitt -Wikimedia Commons - CC BY-SA-2.0
Rylee Isitt -Wikimedia Commons - CC BY-SA-2.0
Leif Stridvall
Courtesy: Anita Stridvall -Source: http://www.stridvall.se/lichens/gallery/
Felix Schumm – CC BY-SA 4.0
[14274], Portugal, Azoren, W-Terceira, Serra do Cume, 38°42.417' N, 27°6.581' W, 500-550 m. Leg. Aptroot & Schumm 11.07.2008, det. Schumm 2013.
Felix Schumm – CC BY-SA 4.0
[14274], Portugal, Azoren, W-Terceira, Serra do Cume, 38°42.417' N, 27°6.581' W, 500-550 m. Leg. Aptroot & Schumm 11.07.2008, det. Schumm 2013.
Felix Schumm – CC BY-SA 4.0
[14274], Portugal, Azoren, W-Terceira, Serra do Cume, 38°42.417' N, 27°6.581' W, 500-550 m. Leg. Aptroot & Schumm 11.07.2008, det. Schumm 2013.,
us: usnic acid, z: zeorin
Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0
[17204], Brasilien, Rio de Janeiro, Serra da Mantiqueira, Itatiaia, an einer stark bemoosten Wegböschung zwischen Registro do Picú und Agulhas Negras, 1700 m, 22°20' S, 44°45' W. Leg. K. Kalb, 12.07.1979, det. S. Stenroos. KALB: LICHENES NEOTROPICI 542.
Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0
[17204], Brasilien, Rio de Janeiro, Serra da Mantiqueira, Itatiaia, an einer stark bemoosten Wegböschung zwischen Registro do Picú und Agulhas Negras, 1700 m, 22°20' S, 44°45' W. Leg. K. Kalb, 12.07.1979, det. S. Stenroos. KALB: LICHENES NEOTROPICI 542.
Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0
[17204], Brasilien, Rio de Janeiro, Serra da Mantiqueira, Itatiaia, an einer stark bemoosten Wegböschung zwischen Registro do Picú und Agulhas Negras, 1700 m, 22°20' S, 44°45' W. Leg. K. Kalb, 12.07.1979, det. S. Stenroos. KALB: LICHENES NEOTROPICI 542.
Leif Stridvall
Courtesy: Anita Stridvall -Source: http://www.stridvall.se/lichens/gallery/
Leif Stridvall
Courtesy: Anita Stridvall -Source: http://www.stridvall.se/lichens/gallery/
Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0
[17204], Brasilien, Rio de Janeiro, Serra da Mantiqueira, Itatiaia, an einer stark bemoosten Wegböschung zwischen Registro do Picú und Agulhas Negras, 1700 m, 22°20' S, 44°45' W. Leg. K. Kalb, 12.07.1979, det. S. Stenroos. KALB: LICHENES NEOTROPICI 542.
Leif Stridvall
Courtesy: Anita Stridvall -Source: http://www.stridvall.se/lichens/gallery/
Leif Stridvall
Courtesy: Anita Stridvall -Source: http://www.stridvall.se/lichens/gallery/
Helena Rodriguez
Spain, Galicia, Peña Trevinca
06.2019
Curtis Randall Björk
N America
Gabriele Gheza - https://lichenidilombardia.home.blog
Italy, Lombardia, Bergamo, Vilminore di Scalve, 1530 m
30/04/2018
Gabriele Gheza - https://lichenidilombardia.home.blog
Italy, Lombardia, Brescia, Corteno Golgi, 809 m
19/08/2019
Gabriele Gheza - https://lichenidilombardia.home.blog
Italy, Lombardia, Brescia, Corteno Golgi, 809 m
19/08/2019
Gabriele Gheza - https://lichenidilombardia.home.blog
Italy, Lombardia, Brescia, Corteno Golgi, 809 m
19/08/2019
Gabriele Gheza - https://lichenidilombardia.home.blog
Italy, Lombardia, Sondrio, Valmasino, 1047 m
08/2019
Jacques Haine - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=1179&lang=en
France, Ardennes
Jacques Haine - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=1179&lang=en
France, Ardennes
Jacques Haine - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=1179&lang=en
France, Ardennes
Jacques Haine - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=1179&lang=en
France, Ardennes
Bernard Bouffinier - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=1179&lang=en
France, Roch Tredudon
Bernard Bouffinier - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=1179&lang=en
France, Commana
Bernard Bouffinier - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=1179&lang=en
France, Commana
Bernard Bouffinier - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=1179&lang=en
France, Commana
