Specimen #14 Cladonia foliacea

Figure 1. Close up of the squamulose lichen

Figure 2. K test with a negative result

Name: Cladonia foliacea

Common name: None

Family: Cladoniaceae

Collection date: September 14, 2015

Location: Hiram, OH

Description: Squaumulose lobes white green to pale green in color.

Key used:  Brode, Irwin M. & Sharnoff, Sylvia D.(2001). Lichens of North America. Yale University Press. New Haven & London.

Keying steps:

Key G. Squamulose Lichens pg. 134

1. Thallus dull or shiny, but not gelatinous when wet 

3. Thallus pale green, gray, brown, olive, or black without yellowish or orange tint

17. Squamules ascending or erect, flat or cylindrical, with the lower surface easily seen

18. Thallus composed of flat, clearly dorsiventral squabbles

20. Squamules not more than 3 times longer than broad, apothecia occurring singly, thallus cortex K-(atranorin absent) relatively common

21. Squamules lobed or finely divided, apothecia raised on a stalk or stipe; thallus cortex C-, KC-(gyrophoric acid absent as main compound) 

Links:

http://www.stridvall.se/lichens/gallery/Cladonia/NIKA4164

http://www.bioimages.org.uk/html/r146153.htm