Order: Lecanorales       Family: Cladoniaceae Species: Cladonia squamosa var. subsquamosa Primary thallus squamulose, secondary thallus fruticose. Photos: Among moss on wall. Gougane Barra, Cork, SW Ireland. Identified by John Douglass Chemotype B of Cladonia squamosa sens lat. Often has thicker podetia and is more uniformly squamulose. Differs chemically in having K+ yellow-orange, P+ orange reaction, UV-. (Cladonia squamosa s. lat chemotype A is K-, P-, UV+ vivid white) Widespread but appears to be more frequent in heathland and more acidic habitats than C. squamosa var. squamosa (chemotype A)

Cladonia squamosa var. subsquamosa. August 2009