Order: Lecanorales       Family: Cladoniaceae Species: Cladonia ciliata var. tenuis Primary thallus absent, secondary thallus fruticose. Photos: Among moss on acidic rock. Inchigeela, Cork, SW Ireland. Identified by John Douglass No squamules. Well-branched (dichotomously) with axils rarely perforated. Podetia pale ashy-grey to green-grey in colour with brownish-purple tips that are turned down at ends and clearly orientated in one direction. Very variable. Can form large patches among heather stems on heaths and bogs and amongst scree. K-, KC-, P+ red, UV- Cladonia ciliata var. ciliata is less frequent, lacks usnic acid. Similar: Cladonia portentosa P-

Cladonia ciliata var. tenuis October 2009