Cladonia ochrochlora Flörke  
Family: Cladoniaceae
[Cladonia coniocraea f. ceratodes (Flörke) Dalla Torre & Sarnth., moreCladonia coniocraea var. ochrochlora (Flörke) Oxner, Cladonia fimbriata f. ceratodes Flörke, Cladonia fimbriata var. ochrochlora (Flörke) Schaer., Cladonia furcata var. notabilis Müll.Arg., Cladonia lepidula Kremp., Cladonia lepidula var. lepidula Kremp., Cladonia ochrochlora f. ceratodes (Flörke) Harm., Cladonia ochrochlora var. spadicea Müll.Arg., Cladonia pergracilis Kremp.]
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Nash, T.H., Ryan, B.D., Gries, C., Bungartz, F., (eds.) 2002. Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region. Vol 1.
Primary thallus: squamulose, persistent; squamules: 5-10 mm long, 2-5 mm wide, irregularly, crenate-lobate, esorediate or granularly sorediate podetia: 15-52 mm tall, up to 4 mm wide, greenish gray, unbranched or sparingly dichotomously branched, subulate, developing cups at the apices; cups: shallow, irregular, 1-3 mm wide, corticated interiorly surface: corticated below, usually completely sorediate in the upper half of their length; cortex: smooth, continuous from basal portions upwards, thinning above, becoming chinky-areolate and giving rise in places to discrete soralia; soralia: 0.5-1 mm diam., soredia: farinose to granular, but corticate patches and squamules (up to 5 mm long) sometimes occurring among soredia Apothecia: infrequent, on cup margins, pale to dark brown ascospores: ellipsoid to oblong, (8-) 14-16.5 x 2.5-6 micro meter Pycnidia: frequent, on cup margins, ovoid, sometimes slightly constricted at base, with hyaline gelatin conidia: 3-8 x 0.5-1 micro meter Spot tests: K- or K+ dingy yellow to dingy brown, C-, KC-, P+ red, UV- Secondary metabolites: fumarprotocetraric acid and accessory convirensic acid. Habitat and ecology: on old wood or thin soil over rotting wood, also on moss covered rocks, particularly at damp sites World distribution: all continents except Antarctica Sonoran distribution: Arizona, southern California, Chihuahua and Sinaloa. Notes: See discussion under C. coniocraea. In western North America C. ochrochlora varies from the type and may represent an undescribed taxon.
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