Cladonia multiformis G. Merr., 1908
| Common name | Sieve Cup | Code: CLADMUL |
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| Field Characters | Fruticose, club-like chlorolichen. Primary squamules small, typically persisent. Podetia variable, from greenish-grey to brown, unbranched to branched 1-3 times, uncupped and abundantly apotheciate (so-called fertile morph) or cupped. Cups perforated like a doily, often with delicate marginal proliferations, pycnidia, and small apothecia. Lacking soredia, cortex intact and smooth, varying in the presence of secondary squamules. | |
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| Ecology | Common across Alberta particularly in 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 multiformis cup in SEM, ABMI collection
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- Cladonia multiformis fertile and cupped morphs, near Opal Natural Area, AB
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- Cladonia multiformis fertile morph, Lac la Biche region, AB
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- Cladonia multiformis, near Opal Natural Area, AB
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- Cladonia multiformis in grasslands, near Oyen, AB
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- Cladonia multiformis, near Opal Natural Area, AB
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- Cladonia multiformis, mostly fertile morph, some cupped, Edgewood Blue near Clearwater, BC
