Cladonia macilenta
Podetia usually small, often about 1cm in height, cylindrical, blunt-tipped, unbranched or, at most, sparsely branched, grey, the surface powdery, often with a few small squamules below; basal squamules relatively small, incised, grey, becoming grey-green when damp; apothecia red, button-like on the tips of the podetia.
On damp stumps and tree-bases, particularly in acid woodland.
All year round.
Widespread and locally common in Britain
Thought to be fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
David Nicholls
Field Head woodland
22 October 2020
David Nicholls
Bardon Hill
15 February 2013
David Nicholls
Field Head woodland
22 October 2020
David Nicholls
Field Head woodland
22 October 2020
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Lichens
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Lecanorales
- Family:
- Cladoniaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 2
- First record:
- 15/02/2013 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 22/10/2020 (Nicholls, David)
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