Cladonia pocillum Cladoniaceae
Cladonia pocillum

Chemical results: P+ red, UV-

On calcareous or moderately base-rich mossy rocks, soil and mortar

Erect or +/- flat squamules with abraded margins, often forming rosettes. Podetia funnel-shaped, tapering, Exterior with coarse granules and occasionally squamules, interior granular, soredia absent. Brown apothecia. Possibly an ecotype of Cladonia pyxidata.

Associated lichenicolous fungi include Diploschistes muscorum, Didymocyrtis cladoniicola and Didymocyrtis foliaceiphila


Cladonia pocillum


Cladonia pocillum
Cladonia pocillum
Lytchett Matravers, Dorset. February 2014

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