Order: Lecanorales       Family: Cladoniaceae Species: Cladonia subcervicornis Primary thallus squamulose, secondary thallus fruticose. Photos: On rocks on acidic heath. Ballingeary, Cork, SW Ireland. Dense clumps of bluntly incised grey-green squamules, white lower surface blackened at base. Upper surface turning apple-green when wet. Podetia with abruptly widening cups, dark brown apothecia. Can be very common on coastal and upland acid soils and on siliceous rocks. K+ yellow, P+ red

     


Cladonia subcervicornis. Ballingeary area, Co.Cork. November 2008