Cladonia ecmocyna Leight.

Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, 18: 406, 1866.
Synonyms: Cladonia elongata var. ecmocyna (Leight.) Räsänen; Cladonia gracilis var. ecmocyna (Leight.) Kernst.
Distribution: N - Frl (Tretiach & Hafellner 2000), Ven (Nascimbene & Caniglia 1997, Caniglia & al. 1999), TAA (Nascimbene & al. 2022), Lomb (Rivellini 1994, Rivellini & Valcuvia 1996, Gheza 2019, Gheza & al. 2022), VA (Piervittori & Isocrono 1999, Matteucci & Vanacore Falco 2015), Emil (Benesperi & al. 2007, Fariselli & al. 2020). C - Tosc (Benesperi & al. 2007).
Description: Primary thallus squamulose, ephemeral, the squamules middle-sized, 1-4(-5) mm long, greenish brown to greenish grey above, pure white beneath. Podetia elongate, hollow inside, dull glaucous green, greenish grey or greenish brown in sun-forms, sometimes browned or weakly pruinose at the tips, often yellowish at the emorient bases, 5-10 cm tall, 0.5-4(-5) mm thick, cupless or with narrow (1.5-5 mm wide) cups, esquamulose or sparsely squamulose in lower parts, the cortex subcontinuous to checkered-areolate, the areoles often separated by a network of white medullary interspaces. Apothecia rare, brown to almost black, 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 dark, pyriform, semi-immersed along the margins of the cups, with a colourless jelly. Conidia hyaline, curved. Photobiont chlorococcoid. Spot tests: K+ instantly yellow, C-, KC-, P+ red; yellow pigment at the base K+ red. Chemistry: atranorin, fumarprotocetraric acid, and terpenoids.
Note: a mainly boreal-montane to subarctic-subalpine, circumpolar lichen found on organic soil and amongst bryophytes in cool depressions with a late snow lie near or above treeline; restricted to the Alps in Italy.
Growth form: Fruticose

Substrata: soil, terricolous mosses, and plant debris
Photobiont: green algae other than Trentepohlia
Reproductive strategy: mainly sexual

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Alpine belt: extremely rare
Subalpine belt: extremely rare
Oromediterranean belt: absent
Montane belt: absent
Submediterranean belt: absent
Padanian area: absent
Humid submediterranean belt: absent
Humid mediterranean belt: absent
Dry mediterranean belt: absent

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Predictive model
Herbarium samples
INDEX FUNGORUM GBIF DOLICHENS

Einar Timdal http://nhm2.uio.no/lav/web/index.html - CC BY-NC



P.L. Nimis; Owner: Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
Herbarium: TSB (22)
2002/12/18
detail of podetia with squamules



Felix Schumm - CC BY 4.0
[VZ1957], Groenlandia occidentalis. Disko:Lyngmark, ad latera australia montis Lyngmarksfield, 100-150 m. In angello nivium diu persistentium. Leg. J. Poelt et H. Ullrich, 256.7.1983, det. J. Poelt. EX A. VEZDA LICHENES SELECTI EXSICCTI NR. 1957.



Felix Schumm - CC BY 4.0
[VZ1957], Groenlandia occidentalis. Disko:Lyngmark, ad latera australia montis Lyngmarksfield, 100-150 m. In angello nivium diu persistentium. Leg. J. Poelt et H. Ullrich, 256.7.1983, det. J. Poelt. EX A. VEZDA LICHENES SELECTI EXSICCTI NR. 1957.



Felix Schumm - CC BY 4.0
[VZ2111], Bohemoslovacia. Slovacia septentrionalis, Carpates, Tatra Magna: in parte superiore vallis Hlinská dolina, 2080 m. Ad terram humosam in Saliceto herbaceae. Leg. E. Farkas, Z. Kyselová et A. Vezda, 25.6.1986. EX A. VEZDA LICHENES SELECTI EXSICCATI NR. 2111.



Felix Schumm - CC BY 4.0
[VZ2111], Bohemoslovacia. Slovacia septentrionalis, Carpates, Tatra Magna: in parte superiore vallis Hlinská dolina, 2080 m. Ad terram humosam in Saliceto herbaceae. Leg. E. Farkas, Z. Kyselová et A. Vezda, 25.6.1986. EX A. VEZDA LICHENES SELECTI EXSICCATI NR. 2111.