Cladonia cenotea #

Taxon #

Cladonia cenotea

Organization #

Clade Perviae (Stenroos et al. 2018)

Identification #

Among the few sorediate species of Cladonia which have open axils revealing a hollowed structure of the podetia. Podetia growing from an often-dense bed of primary squamules which usually disappear up the podetia. The brown apothecia are rare not frequently seen (photos of fertile form included here) and the edges of the cups are inrolled. A forest species (Brodo et al. 2001).

Substrate #

Very common on wood and sometimes found on soil or among bryophytes

Chemical Tests #

Thallus Pd-, K-, KC-, UV+ whiteish to blueish (Brodo et al. 2001)

Notes #

The cups are can be somewhat erratic or poorly formed in certain specimens, as with many species young thalli can be a challenge if taken on morphology alone.