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Cladonia pulvinella

S. Hammer

a cup lichen

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G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.125612
Element CodeNLT0008790
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryFungus
KingdomFungi
PhylumAscomycota
ClassLecanoromycetes
OrderLecanorales
FamilyCladoniaceae
GenusCladonia
Synonyms
Cladonia hammeriAhti
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. As supplied by USDA, NRCS from The PLANTS database. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA. Version: November 19, 1997.
Conservation Status
Review Date2002-11-25
Change Date2002-11-25
Edition Date2002-11-25
Edition AuthorsA. Olivero (2002)
Rank Reasons
Occurs in North America and Europe and probably also in the West Indies and South America (Nash et al. 2002). Occurs on bare soil banks (Nash et al. 2002). In the greater Sonoran Desert region it occurs in Arizona, southern California, and Baja California (Nash et al. 2002).
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (1)
United StatesNNR
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (1)
California (1)
AreaForestAcres
Snow MountainMendocino National Forest14,457
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. As supplied by USDA, NRCS from The PLANTS database. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA. Version: November 19, 1997.
  3. 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.
  4. Nash, T. H., B. D. Ryan, C. Gries, and F. Bungartz, eds. 2002. Lichen flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert region. Volume 1. Lichens Unlimited, Department of Plant Biology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. 532 pp.