Cladonia digitata Cladoniaceae
Cladonia digitata

Chemical results: K+ yellow, C-, KC-, P+ orange, UV-

In mature woodlands on rotting wood and tree stumps

Basal squamules large (to 1cm diam), spreading horizontally and often dominant. Yellowish green-grey above, densely white farinose-sorediate below and on upturned margins. Often orange-tinged near base. Podetia to 1cm tall, apothecia and pycnidia red.

Similar: C. incrassata and C. parasitica have smaller, deeply incised squamules, coarsely granular-sorediate.


Cladonia digitata


Cladonia digitata
Cladonia digitata
Studland, Dorset. November 2013

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