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Cladonia
Cladonia is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Cladoniaceae. They are the primary food source for reindeer/caribou. Cladonia species are of economic importance to reindeer-herders, such as the Sami in Scandinavia or the Nenets in Russia. Antibiotic compounds are extracted from some species to create antibiotic cream. The light green species Cladonia stellaris is used in flower decorations.
Although the phylogeny of the genus Cladonia is still under investigation, two main morphological groups are commonly differentiated by taxonomists: the Cladonia morpho-type and the Cladina morpho-type. The Cladonia morpho-type has many more species, and is generally described as a group of squamulose (grow from squamules), cup-bearing lichens. The Cladina morpho-types are often referred to as forage lichens, mat-forming lichens, or reindeer lichens (due to their importance as caribou winter forage).
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
gray reindeer lichen
speciesCladonia rangiferina
Trumpet Lichen
speciesCladonia fimbriata
Common Powderhorn
speciesCladonia coniocraea
British soldier lichen
speciesCladonia cristatella
Cladonia chlorophaea
complexCladonia chlorophaea
Green Reindeer Lichen
speciesCladonia arbuscula
many-forked cladonia
speciesCladonia furcata
Star-tipped Reindeer Lichen
speciesCladonia stellaris
Dragon Horn
speciesCladonia squamosa
Pebbled Pixie Cup
speciesCladonia pyxidata
Dixie Reindeer Lichen
speciesCladonia subtenuis
Lipstick Powderhorn
speciesCladonia macilenta
Reindeer Lichen
speciesCladonia portentosa
Evans' Deer Moss
speciesCladonia evansii
Cladonia foliacea
speciesCladonia foliacea
Thorn Lichen
speciesCladonia uncialis
Cladonia rangiformis
speciesCladonia rangiformis
Smooth Horn Lichen
speciesCladonia gracilis
Toy Soldiers
speciesCladonia bellidiflora
Gritty British soldiers lichen
speciesCladonia floerkeana
Smooth-footed Powderhorn
speciesCladonia ochrochlora
Red-fruited Pixie Cup
speciesCladonia pleurota
Jester Lichen
speciesCladonia leporina
turban cup lichen
speciesCladonia peziziformis
Finger Cup Lichen
speciesCladonia digitata
Ladder Lichen
speciesCladonia verticillata
Fuzzy Reindeer Lichen
speciesCladonia confusa
Stubby-stalked Cladonia
speciesCladonia caespiticia
Stalkless Cladonia
speciesCladonia apodocarpa
Mealy Forked Cladonia
speciesCladonia scabriuscula
Bighorn Lichen
speciesCladonia cornuta
Cladonia rigida
speciesCladonia rigida
Rosette Pixie-cup Lichen
speciesCladonia pocillum
Giant Cladonia Lichen
speciesCladonia maxima
Lesser Sulphur-cup Lichen
speciesCladonia deformis
Split-peg Lichen
speciesCladonia cariosa
Powdered Funnel Lichen
speciesCladonia cenotea
Branched Pixie-cup Lichen
speciesCladonia ramulosa
Southern Soldiers
speciesCladonia didyma
Organ-pipe Lichen
speciesCladonia crispata
Fence-rail Cladonia
speciesCladonia parasitica
Olive Cladonia
speciesCladonia strepsilis
Fishnet Cladonia
speciesCladonia boryi
Dune Cup Lichen
speciesCladonia prostrata
Antlered Powderhorn
speciesCladonia subulata
Cladonia polydactyla
speciesCladonia polydactyla
Wand Lichen
speciesCladonia rei
Peg Lichen
speciesCladonia subcariosa
Quill Lichen
speciesCladonia amaurocraea
Black-footed Reindeer Lichen
speciesCladonia stygia
Crazy Scale Lichen
speciesCladonia turgida
Wooden Soldiers Lichen
speciesCladonia botrytes
Slender Ladder Lichen
speciesCladonia rappii
Greater Sulphur-cup Lichen
speciesCladonia sulphurina
Felt Horn Lichen
speciesCladonia phyllophora
Cladonia skottsbergii
speciesCladonia skottsbergii
Powdery Peg Lichen
speciesCladonia subradiata
Browned Pixie-cup Lichen
speciesCladonia cervicornis
Granite Thorn
speciesCladonia caroliniana
madame's cup lichen
speciesCladonia coccifera
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49490.