Cladonia flammea

Cladonia flammea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Cladoniaceae
Genus: Cladonia
Species:
C. flammea
Binomial name
Cladonia flammea
Øvstedal (2012)

Cladonia flammea is a species of fruticose lichen in the family Lecanoraceae.[1] Found on the Falkland Islands, it was described as a new species in 2012 by Dag Øvstedal. The type specimen was collected by Imshaug and Harris in 1968 from the valley west of Mount Usborne in the East Falklands, where it was found growing on Cortaderia heath and sandstone outcrops along a stream. Its species epithet, flammea, alludes to the reddish-orange colouration on the underside of the primary squamules.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Bryonora granulata Fryday". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
  2. ^ Fryday, Alan M.; Øvstedal, Dag O. (2012). "New species, combinations and records of lichenized fungi from the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)". The Lichenologist. 44 (4): 483–500. doi:10.1017/s0024282912000163.