Cladonia arbuscula

Cladonia arbuscula or the shrubby cup lichen[2] is a species of cup lichen in the Cladoniaceae family.

Cladonia arbuscula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Cladoniaceae
Genus: Cladonia
Species:
C. arbuscula
Binomial name
Cladonia arbuscula
(Wallr.) Flot.
Synonyms[1]
List
  • Cenomyce sylvatica var. lacerata Delise
  • Cenomyce sylvatica var. morbida Delise
  • Cladina arbuscula (Wallr.) Hale & W. L. Culb.
  • Cladonia sylvatica fm. valida Rabenh.
  • Cladina arbuscula
  • Cladina imshaugii (Ahti) Ahti
  • Cladonia arbuscula f. arbuscula
  • Cladonia arbuscula f. caerulescens (Schade) Grummann
  • Cladonia arbuscula f. decumbens (Anders) Asahina
  • Cladonia arbuscula f. subspumosa (Coem.) Grummann
  • Cladonia arbuscula f. subspumosa (Coem.) Grummann

Taxonomy

Name

The species name "arbuscula" is Latin for the word "bush" or "shrub", which may be due to the fact that the lichen has branches that resemble a bush.

Subspecies

C. arbuscula has 6 subspecies:[1]

  • Cladonia arbuscula subsp. arbuscula (Wallr.) Flot.
  • Cladonia arbuscula subsp. beringiana Ahti
  • Cladonia arbuscula subsp. boliviana (Ahti) Ahti & De Priest
  • Cladonia arbuscula subsp. imshaugii (Ahti) Ahti & De Priest
  • Cladonia arbuscula subsp. mitis (Sandst.) Ruoss
  • Cladonia arbuscula subsp. pachyderma (Ahti) Ahti & De Priest

Ecology

Cladonia arbuscula is a known host species for the fungus Lichenopeltella cladoniarum.[3]

References
  1. "Cladonia arbuscula (Wallr.) Flot. names - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
  2. "Standardized Common Names for Wild Species in Canada". National General Status Working Group. 2020.
  3. Zhurbenko, Michail P.; Enkhtuya, Ochirbat; Javkhlan, Samiya (2020). "Additions to the checklist of lichenicolous fungi of Mongolia". Folia Cryptogamica Estonica. 57: 9–20.


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