Order: Lecanorales       Family: Cladoniaceae Species: Cladonia squamosa subsp. subsquamosa Primary thallus squamulose, secondary thallus fruticose. Photos: Among moss on wall. Gougane Barra, Cork, SW Ireland. Identified by John Douglass Probably just a chemotype of Cladonia squamosa. Often has thicker podetia and is more uniformly squamulose. Differs chemically in having K+ yellow-orange, P+ orange reaction. (Cladonia squamosa chemical reactions are negative.)

Cladonia squamosa subsp. subsquamosa. August 2009