Cladonia coccifera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Cladoniaceae
Genus: Cladonia
Species:
C. coccifera
Binomial name
Cladonia coccifera
(L.) Willd. (1787)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lichen cocciferus L. (1753)
  • Lichen pyxidatus var. cocciferus (L.) Weiss (1770)
  • Scyphophorus cocciferus (L.) Gray (1821)
  • Cladonia cornucopioides var. coccifera (L.) Körb. (1854)
  • Cladonia coccifera var. asotea (Ach.) Grognot (1863)
  • Cladonia coccifera f. asotea (Ach.) Vain. (1887)

Cladonia coccifera or madame's cup lichen[2] is a species of fruticose, cup lichen in the family Cladoniaceae. It was first described by Swedish lichenologist Carl Linnaeus in his 1753 work Species Plantarum.[3] German botanist Carl Ludwig Willdenow transferred it to the genus Cladonia in 1787.[4] The lichen has apothecia and bright red pycnidia atop of yellowish to grey-green podetia that are 1–2 cm (0.4–0.8 in) high. The base of the thallus comprises rounded squamules (scales) with a yellow to orange-brown undersurface. It typically occurs on acidic peaty and sandy soils.[5]

The lichen has a circumpolar distribution in the Northern Hemisphere, which extends south to the Himalayas.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Synonymy: Cladonia coccifera (L.) Willd., Fl. berol. prodr.: 361 (1787)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  2. ↑ "Standardized Common Names for Wild Species in Canada". National General Status Working Group. 2020.
  3. ↑ Linnaeus, Carl (1753). Species plantarum (in Latin). Vol. 2. Stockholm: Impensis Laurentii Salvii. p. 1151.
  4. ↑ Willdenow, C.L. von (1787). Florae Berolinensis Prodromus (in Latin). Berlin: Wilhelm Vieweg. p. 361.
  5. ↑ Whelan, Paul (2011). Lichens of Ireland – an illustrated introduction to over 250 species. Cork: Collins Press. p. 71. ISBN 978-1-84889-137-1.
  6. ↑ Stenroos, Soili (1989). "Taxonomy of the Cladonia coccifera group. 1". Annales Botanici Fennici. 26: 157–168.


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