Cladonia singularis #

Taxon #

Cladonia singularis

Organization #

Cladonia spp.

Identification #

A long, slender, cupless Cladonia. Podetia with small squamules which are not deeply divided, and which are less dense than in species like C. squamulosa. Similar also to C. trassii but that species has podetia with conspicuously blackened bases and has much larger podetial squamlues.

Substrate #

Terricolous, among talus (Spribille et al. 2023)

Notes #

Ubiquitous and likely under recorded in Alaska at least to the north slope of the Brooks Range.