Cladonia chlorophaea

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Common Name

Mealy Pixie-Cup

Family

Cladoniaceae

Genus

Cladonia

Species

chlorophaea

Synonyms

Cladonia pyxidata subsp. chlorophaeae; Cenomyce chlorophaeae

Location Found

University of Waterloo

Growth Structure

Fruticose

Habitat

Found on rotting wood, bark, rock or humus soil in either full sun or partial shade. Distributed throughout most of the Eastern United States and Canada.

Environmental Monitoring

It is generally a pollution sensitive species. It is sensitive to sulphur and nitrous oxides and fertilizing nitrogen. However some literature have shown it to be pollution tolerant.

Lab Storage

Comments

N/A

References

Brodo et al, 2001.; International Mycological Association, 2016.; Newmaster & Ragupathy, 2012.; Will-Wolf et al, 2015.