Cladoniaceae Cladonia squamosa Primary thallus squamulose, secondary thallus fruticose. Chemical results: Chemical reactions negative, UV+ white Common on acidic peaty soils, heaths, rotting wood and stumps and damp, mossy rocks Very variable. Indented basal squamules often forming compact mats. Erect podetia with peeling squamules, bare, decorticate areas and brown apothecia. The podetia end in pointed tips or narrow cups with digitate projections on margins and open apices. Soredia are absent. C. squamosa var. subsquamosa is K+ yellow, P+ orange

Cladonia squamosa var. subsquamosa

Cladonia squamosa
Holton Lee, Dorset. October 2012 and March 2013. Studland May 2013. WLG Holt Heath March 2014