Cladonia botrytes (K. G. Hagen) Willd., 1827
| Common name | Wooden Soldiers | Code: CLADBOT
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| Field Characters | Fruticose, club-like chlorolichen. Primary thallus squamulose, developing pale yellowish-green podetia. Podetia are short (2-3 cm), corticate, and topped with pink to beige, lumpy apothecia. Podetia branch sparingly, typically just 1-2 times. No cups or vegetative propagules, likely reliant on sexual reproduction as well as fragmentation. | |
| Similar species |
None in Alberta – similar Cladonia have crimson red apothecia. | |
| Ecology | Lignicolous and corticolous, common on stumps and logs across most of the forested areas of Alberta including in urban naturalized parks. This is a common boreal species that may be tolerant to moderately polluted environments (Ahti & Stenroos 2013, Haughland et al. 2022). | |
| Chemistry | K-, KC+ yellow, PD-, UV- (usnic acid, barbatic acid) | |
| Molecular support |
Strong: multiple sequences cluster in a well-supported branch in the Clade “Ochroleucae” (Stenroos et al. 2018). | |
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- Cladonia botrytes key traits
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- Cladonia botrytes, Lac la Biche region, AB
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- Cladonia botrytes mixed with Cladonia arbuscula subsp. mitis
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- Cladonia botrytes
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- Cladonia botrytes, with Hypogymnia physodes and Parmelia sulcata, Edmonton, AB
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- Cladonia botrytes, jackpine stand, Old Conklin Hwy, Lac la Biche Region, AB
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- Cladonia botrytes, Edmonton, AB
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- Cladonia botrytes, ABMI collection
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- Cladonia botrytes mixed with Cladonia arbuscula subsp. mitis
