Order: Lecanorales       Family: Cladoniaceae Species: Cladonia portentosa Growth type fruticose. Photos: On wet heath near bog. Ballingeary, Cork, SW Ireland. Variable. Primary squamules absent. Very branched, whitish to green-grey and forming loose compact tufts. Axils often perforate. Branching mainly trichotomous, can be dichotomous at ends. Branchlet tips spreading in all directions. Common and widespread on heaths, peaty moorland and among dunes. K-, KC+ yellow, P- Similar: Cladonia ciliata and Cladonia arbuscula

     




Cladonia portentosa. Ballingeary area, Co.Cork. December 2008 and November 2009