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Cladonia uncialis subsp biuncialis Cladoniaceae
Cladonia uncialis subsp. biuncialis

Chemical reactions: KC+ yellowish, P-, UV+ white

Common on peat bogs and open acidic heathlands

Smooth white to pale yellowish-green podetia are hollow and swollen with sparse, irregular branching and open axils. Tips are purplish-brown and usually dichotomously forked. Robust upright material is not strictly dichotomous but can branch into three and fours, which makes separation from C. uncialis subsp. uncialis more complicated.
Host to Bachmanniomyces punctum and Talpapellis beschiana

Similar: Cladonia zopfii and the much rarer (mainly found in E. Scotland) Cladonia uncialis subsp. uncialis (which is UV-): BLS map


Cladonia uncialis subsp biuncialis

Cladonia uncialis subsp biuncialis

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Cladonia uncialis subsp biuncialis
Cladonia uncialis subsp. biuncialis
Studland, Dorset. July 2012

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