Order: Lecanorales       Family: Cladoniaceae Species: Cladonia bellidiflora Primary thallus squamulose, secondary thallus fruticose Photos: On rotting tree stump. Ballingeary, Cork, SW Ireland. Non-persistent basal squamules with orange-brown lower surface. Podetia with peeling squamules, soredia absent. Cup-less or with narrow cups with prominent terminal red discs. Occurs in upland areas on earth, peat and decaying tree stumps. Also found among rocks and on stabilised scree. KC+ yellow, UV+ white Similar: C. squamosa has brown apothecia and is KC-.

Cladonia bellidiflora. Ballingeary area, Co. Cork. April 2009