Cladonia uncialis
| Cladonia uncialis | |
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Cladoniaceae |
| Genus: | Cladonia |
| Species: | C. uncialis
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| Binomial name | |
| Cladonia uncialis | |
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Cladonia uncialis is a species of fruticose, cup lichen in the family Cladoniaceae. It was first described as a new species by Swedish taxonomist Carl Linnaeus in 1753.[2] It was transferred to the genus Cladonia by Friedrich Heinrich Wiggers in 1780.[3] In North America, the lichen is colloquially known as the thorn Cladonia[4] or the thorn cup lichen.[5]
Cladonia uncialis is host to the lichenicolous fungus species Lichenopeltella uncialicola, which is named after C. uncialis.[6]
References
- ^ NatureServe. "Cladonia uncialis". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
- ^ Linnaeus, Carl (1753). Species plantarum (in Latin). Vol. 2. Stockholm: Impensis Laurentii Salvii. p. 1153.
- ^ Wiggers, F.H. (1780). Primitiae Florae Holsaticae (in Latin). Kiliae: Litteris Mich. Frider. Bartschii Acad. Typogr. p. 90.
- ^ Brodo, Irwin M.; Sharnoff, Sylvia Duran; Sharnoff, Stephen (2001). Lichens of North America. Yale University Press. p. 277. ISBN 978-0-300-08249-4.
- ^ "Standardized Common Names for Wild Species in Canada". National General Status Working Group. 2020.
- ^ Brackel, Wolfgang von (2010). "Some Lichenicolous Fungi and Lichens from Iceland, Including Lichenopeltella uncialicola sp. nov". Herzogia. 23 (1): 93–109. doi:10.13158/heia.23.1.2010.93. S2CID 84339545.