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Cladonia verruculosa

(Vainio) Ahti

Western Wand Lichen

G5Secure Found in 3 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G5SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.124917
Element CodeNLTEST7060
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryFungus
KingdomFungi
PhylumAscomycota
ClassLecanoromycetes
OrderLecanorales
FamilyCladoniaceae
GenusCladonia
Other Common Names
Pebblehorn Lichen (EN)
Concept Reference
Esslinger, T.L. and R.S. Egan. 1995. A sixth checklist of the lichen-forming, lichenicolous, and allied fungi of the continental United States and Canada. The Bryologist 98(4): 467-549.
Taxonomic Comments
Segregated from Cladonia pityrrea by Ahti, 1978 on basis of morphological, chemical and habitat differences. Ahti, Teuvo. 1978. "Two new species of Cladonia from Western North America." The Bryologist. 81(2):334. Ahti suggests that it may be endemic to western N.A.
Conservation Status
Rank MethodExpertise without calculation
Review Date2019-10-17
Change Date2019-10-17
Edition Date1998-12-02
Edition AuthorsGRIES, D.
Rank Reasons
Cladonia verruculosa is known from British Columbia to California. The lichen is very common west of the Cascades and fairly common inland to western Montana.
Range Extent Comments
Found from British Columbia to California and from Montana (McCune and Geiser 1997).
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Grows on soil or rotten wood in a wide variety of open to partly open disturbed sites, including roadcuts, clearcuts, and stabilized dunes, in and around areas of low- to mid-elevation moist forests, occasional in the steppe fringes of forested ecosystems (McCune and Geiser 1997).
Other Nations (2)
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
WyomingSNRYes
IdahoS3Yes
MontanaSNRYes
CaliforniaSNRYes
WashingtonSNRYes
OregonSNRYes
CanadaN5
ProvinceRankNative
British ColumbiaS5Yes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (3)
Alaska (1)
AreaForestAcres
SpiresTongass National Forest533,746
Washington (2)
AreaForestAcres
Big Lava BedGifford Pinchot National Forest19,043
Red MountainGifford Pinchot National Forest2,992
References (4)
  1. Esslinger, T. L. 2018. A cumulative checklist for the lichen-forming, lichenicolous and allied fungi of the continental United States and Canada, Version 22. Opuscula Philolichenum 17:6-268. [http://sweetgum.nybg.org/philolichenum/]
  2. Esslinger, T.L. and R.S. Egan. 1995. A sixth checklist of the lichen-forming, lichenicolous, and allied fungi of the continental United States and Canada. The Bryologist 98(4): 467-549.
  3. Hutten, M., U. Arup, O. Breuss, T. L. Esslinger, A. M. Fryday, K. Knudsen, J. C. Lendemer, C. Printzen, H. T. Root, M. Schultz, J. Sheard, T. Tønsberg, and B. McCune. 2013. Lichens and Lichenicolous Fungi of Yosemite National Park, California. North American Fungi 8(11): 1-47. doi: http://dx.doi:10.2509/naf2013.008.011
  4. McCune, B. and L. Geiser. 1997. Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, Oregon. A co-publication with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. 386 pp.