Cladonia chlorophaea
(Florke ex Sommerf.) Sprengle
Mealy Pixie-cup Lichen
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.123894
Element CodeNLTEST6110
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryFungus
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomFungi
PhylumAscomycota
ClassLecanoromycetes
OrderLecanorales
FamilyCladoniaceae
GenusCladonia
Other Common NamesCladonie vert foncé (FR) Granulating Pixie-cup Lichen (EN)
Concept ReferenceEsslinger, 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 CommentsMany problems with the species concept and nomenclatural history.
Conservation Status
Rank MethodExpertise without calculation
Review Date2015-05-26
Change Date2015-05-26
Edition Date2000-12-06
Edition AuthorsMcDonald, L.
Rank ReasonsCladonia chlorophaea occurs on soils, rocks, bases of trees, stumps, old woods, logs and on mosses on roadsides, open woods. It is found throughout most of the eastern United States and Canada. (Flenniken 1999). However, chemical tests are required to separate C. chlorophaea, C. cryptocholophaea, C. grayi, and C. merochlorophaea, according to recent work by Paula DePriest (c.f. Flenniken 1999).
Other Nations (2)
United StatesNNR
| Province | Rank | Native |
|---|
| North Carolina | SNR | Yes |
| Wyoming | SNR | Yes |
| Pennsylvania | SNR | Yes |
| Montana | SNR | Yes |
| Minnesota | SNR | Yes |
| Kentucky | S5 | Yes |
| Indiana | SNR | Yes |
| Colorado | SNR | Yes |
CanadaN5
| Province | Rank | Native |
|---|
| Northwest Territories | S4 | Yes |
| Island of Newfoundland | SU | Yes |
| Nova Scotia | S5 | Yes |
| Quebec | S5 | Yes |
| Prince Edward Island | S4 | Yes |
| Yukon Territory | S5 | Yes |
| Labrador | SU | Yes |
| New Brunswick | S5 | Yes |
| Nunavut | S4 | Yes |
| Alberta | S4 | Yes |
| Ontario | S5 | Yes |
| Saskatchewan | S5 | Yes |
| Manitoba | S5 | Yes |
| British Columbia | S5 | Yes |
References (6)
- 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/]
- 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.
- Flenniken, D.G. The Macrolichens in West Virginia. Carlisle Printing, Ohio.
- 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
- Knudsen, K., and J. Kocourková. 2012. The Annotated Checklist of Lichens, Lichenicolous and Allied Fungi of Channel Islands National Park. Opuscula Philolichenum 11:145-302.
- Lucking, R., F. Seavey, R.S. Common, S.Q. Beeching, O. Breuss, W.R. Buck, L. Crane, M. Hodges, B.P. Hodkinson, E. Lay, J.C. Lendemer, R.T. McMullin, J.A. Mercado-Díaz, M.P. Nelsen, E. Rivas Plata, W. Safranek, W.B. Sanders, H.P. Schaefer Jr., and J. Seavey. 2011. The lichens of Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, Florida: Proceedings from the 18th Tuckerman Workshop. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 49(4):127-186.