Cladonia gracilis (L.) Hoffm., 1796 subsp. turbinata (Ach.) Ahti
| Common name | Giraffe Lichen | Code: CLADGRT |
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| Field Characters | Fruticose, club-like chlorolichen. Primary squamules small, persisent or evanescent. Podetia greenish-grey to brown, unbranched, bearing well-developed, closed cups. Cups with short proliferations, pycnidia, and bulbous apothecia on short marginal projections. Lacking soredia, cortex intact and smooth, varying in the presence of secondary squamules. | |
| Similar species |
Cladonia ecmocyna: more greyish than browned, pruinose podetial tips, K+ yellow (atranorin) | |
| Ecology | One of Alberta’s most common lichens, occurs in most forested sites, occasional in parkland and grassland ecosystems. | |
| Chemistry | PD+ orange, K- or K+ dingy brown, KC-, UV- (fumarprotocetraric acid) | |
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- Cladonia gracilis subsp. turbinata close-up, ALTA specimen
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- Cladonia gracilis subsp. turbinata close-up showing smooth, esorediate cortex, ALTA specimen
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- Cladonia gracilis subsp. turbinata, Lac la Biche region, AB
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- Cladonia gracilis subsp. turbinata, Edmonton, AB
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- Cladonia gracilis subsp. turbinata, Lac la Biche region, AB
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- Cladonia gracilis subsp. turbinata with Cladonia arbuscula subsp. mitis, Lesser Slave Lake region, AB
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- Cladonia gracilis subsp. turbinata, Lac la Biche region, AB
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- Cladonia gracilis subsp. turbinata, Lac la Biche region, AB
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- Cladonia gracilis subsp. turbinata with C. multiformis and Peltigera, Antelope Creek, AB
