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Order: Lecanorales
Family: Cladoniaceae
Species: Cladonia macilenta
Photos: On rotting post in forestry. Ballingeary, Cork, SW Ireland. Small, incised bluish-grey-green squamules. Upright branched or simple podetia, sometimes squamulose below, upper stalks granular or sorediate. Small red apothecia, no cups. Usually found on rotting wood, fences and trees, also on soil. K+ yellow, P+ orange, UV- Similar: Cladonia polydactyla |
Cladonia macilenta. Rotting fence post, Ballingeary area, Co.Cork. December 2008