Fungi: Ascomycota: Lecanoromycetes: Lecanorales: Cladoniaceae: Cladonia caespiticia (Pers.) Flörke

Cladonia caespiticia – Stubby-stalked Cladonia

Synonyms: Baeomyces caespiticius, Cenomyce caespiticia, Cladonia caespitica, Cladonia invisa, Cladonia squamosa.

Common name: Stubby-stalked Cladonia.

Extract from Wikipedia article: Cladonia caespiticia is a widespread and common species of fruticose, cup lichen in the family Cladoniaceae. It was originally named Baeomyces caespiticius by German mycologist Christiaan Hendrik Persoon in 1794. Heinrich Gustav Flörke transferred it to the genus Cladonia in 1827. In North America, it is commonly known as the stubby-stalked Cladonia.

Estonian: Mätas-porosamblik, Swedish: Flikbägarlav.

Photos of this mushroom from East and Central Texas

Stubby-stalked Cladonia lichen (Cladonia caespiticia) with white moss at the base of a tree on Sundew Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Kountze, Texas, June 12, 2022
County Road 1910, Tyler County, Texas, 77664, United States

Stubby-stalked Cladonia lichen (Cladonia caespiticia) at the base of a tree on Sundew Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Kountze, Texas, June 12, 2022
County Road 1910, Tyler County, Texas, 77664, United States

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