lichen display

Related literature on Cladonia squamosa
habitat: wet conifer forest, Other lichen in the same habitat

Characteristics of Cladonia squamosa Hoffm.

  • Soredia:
  • Lobules: no
  • Isidia: no
  • Podetia: yes forked-squamulose-w/cups
  • Reproductive Body: apothecium brown
  • Body Type: fruticose-with squamules
  • Unstratified: no
  • Life Form: erect
  • Hollow lobes: no
  • Central cord: no
  • Lobe shape: round-in cross-section
  • Rhizines:
  • Cilia margin: no
  • Simple perforate: no
  • Cyphellae: no
  • Pseudocyphellae: no
  • Lobe Color, inside: white
  • Lobe Color, underneath:
  • Surface Color: grayish-green
  • Surface texture: scabard
  • Wrinkles:
  • Cephalodia: none
  • Papillae: no
  • Fibrilles on Branches: no
  • Spore type: non-septate
  • Spore size (um): 6 - 24 X 2 - 4.5 um
  • Lobe Width:
  • Lobe Range Width:
  • Medullar C Reaction:
  • Medullar K Reaction: negative
  • Medullar KC Reaction: negative
  • Medullar P Reaction: negative
  • Areolate: not areolate
  • Algae: green
  • Iodine Test:
  • Cortex C:
  • Cortex K:
  • Cortex P:
These lichen pages provided with NSF funding and in association with
Northwest Alliance for Computational Science and Engineering
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Oregon State University
and
Dept of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University
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