Cladonia gracilis ssp. turbinata (Ach.) Ahti

Data Set Maintenance: Data set standard item. Data set author(s): Brodo I. & Ahti T. (96-12-10). Data set to be published after submission; 96-12-10.

Nomenclature: Current taxonomic status: accepted. Taxonomic rank: species. Cladonia. Cladoniaceae Zenker (1827).

Taxonomic Literature: Taxonomic notes: not on QCI, but in many localities on Vancouver Island. Brodo I.M. & Ahti T., Can. J. Bot. 74: 1147-1180 (1996).

Ecology: Terricolous, bryophytic, or lignicolous; growing sun-exposed.

Thallus: Crustose, squamulose; lobes ascending; branches densely aggregated, scattered, loosely aggregated, or clustered; separate thallus parts 1-5 mm long; 1-5 mm wide. Primary Thallus: Persistent. Secondary Thallus: Present, of determinate growth; stipe 20-40 mm high, .6-1.5 mm wide, lime green, olive, or brown (greyish olive (109) or greyish greenish yellow (105) becoming pale brownish, rarely dark brown), homogeneously coloured or mottled, corticate, with intact wall. Thallus Outline: Margin dissected. Upper Surface: Lime green, olive, or brown (like podetia), smooth; not sorediate. Lower Surface: White or brown (at base).

Lower Cortex: Absent.

Ascocarps: Forming along the margin of scyphi, moderately abundant, .5-3 mm in diam.. Disk: Weakly convex to strongly convex; brown.

Conidiomata: Formed on margins of scyphi.

Secondary Metabolites: Fumarprotocetraric acid and protocetraric acid, of the following substance class(es): ß-orcinol depsidones.

Spot Tests: Upper surface: K – (negative) (or brownish), C –, PD + red.

(report generated 15.Nov.2007)