Cladoniaceae Cladonia ciliata Chemical results: K-, KC-, P+ red, UV- Can form large patches among heather stems on heathlands and bogs and amongst scree Primary squamules are absent. Podetia are pale ashy-grey to green-grey with brownish-purple tips turned down at ends and the tips more/less orientated in one direction. Branching is mainly in two's (dichotomous) with the axils rarely perforated. Very variable, with two recognised varieties: Cladonia ciliata var. ciliata (bottom photograph), and the more frequent Cladonia ciliata var. tenuis: Similar: Cladonia portentosa, the branching is +/- trichotomous, P-. Cladonia arbuscula, main branches strongly curved, P+ yellow

Cladonia ciliata
Studland Heath, Dorset. June 2013