Consortium of
North American Lichen Herbaria
Login New Account
  • Home
  • Search
    • Specimen Search
    • Map Search
    • Exsiccati
    • Dynamic Species List
    • Dynamic Identification Key
    • Taxonomic Explorer
  • Images
    • Image Browser
    • Image Search
  • Species Checklists
    • North America
    • Canada
    • US States: A-L >
      • Alaska
      • Arizona
      • Arkansas
      • California
      • Colorado
      • Florida
      • Georgia
      • Hawai'i
      • Idaho
      • Illinois
      • Indiana
      • Iowa
      • Kansas
      • Kentucky
    • US States: M-Q >
      • Maine
      • Maryland
      • Massachusetts
      • Michigan
      • Missouri
      • Montana
      • Minnesota
      • Mississippi
      • Nebraska
      • Nevada
      • New Jersey
      • New Mexico
      • New York
      • North Carolina
      • North Dakota
      • Ohio
      • Oklahoma
      • Oregon
      • Pennsylvania
    • US States: S-Z >
      • South Carolina
      • South Dakota
      • Tennessee
      • Texas
      • Utah
      • Virginia
      • Washington, D.C.
      • Washington
      • West Virginia
      • Wisconsin
      • Wyoming
    • US National Parks
    • Southern Subpolar Region
  • Crowdsourcing
  • Associated Projects
    • Arctic Lichens
    • Bryophyte Portal (CNABH)
    • Líquenes en América Latina (CHLAL)
    • MyCoPortal
  • More Information
    • Symbiota Help
    • Partners
    • About
    • Data Usage Policy
    • Links
  • Sitemap
  • Help & Resources
Cladonia crispata (Ach.) Flotow  
Go To Encyclopedia of Life...
Family: Cladoniaceae
Cladonia crispata image
Stephen Sharnoff  
  • LIAS
  • Web Links
Brodo I. & Ahti T. (96-12-10)
Ecology: Terricolous or bryophytic (over rocks generally in or around bogs); growing sun-exposed or partially shaded. Thallus: Crustose, squamulose; lobes ascending or horizontal; branches loosely aggregated, clustered, or densely aggregated; separate thallus parts 1-4 mm long; .5-1.5 mm wide. Primary Thallus: Evanescent or persistent. Secondary Thallus: Present, of indeterminate growth; stipe 15-70 mm high, .6-3 mm wide, lime green, olive, or brown (121,95,79,57-55, browner in s. str., greener in "japonica"), mottled or tainted brown, corticate, with intact or rarely longitudinally split wall, 20-40 µm thick. Thallus Outline: Margin crenulate or dissected. Upper Surface: Areolated (paler patches on a dark brown to black background), lime green, olive, or brown (121,95,79, 57-55), smooth; not sorediate. Lower Surface: White or brown (at base). Lower Cortex: Absent. Ascocarps: Forming along the margin of scyphi, moderately abundant, .15-.8 mm in diam.. Disk: Plane (emarginate, or with a thin margin even with the disk); brown (greyish red-brown (46-47)). Conidiomata: Formed on margins of scyphi (abundant). Pycnidia: With reddish ostiolar gel. Secondary Metabolites: Chemotype 1: Squamatic acid, of the following substance class(es): ß-orcinol depsides. Chemotype 2: Thamnolic acid (often with traces of decarboxythamnolic acid) or barbatic acid (traces), of the following substance class(es): ß-orcinol depsides. Spot Tests: Chemotype 1: Upper surface: K – (negative), C –, PD –. Chemotype 2: Upper surface: K + deep yellow, C –, PD + orange. UV-Fluorescence: Reaction colour: bright bluish white.
  • Encyclopedia of Life
  • Google Search Engine
  • Google Images
Cladonia crispata
Open Interactive Map
Cladonia crispata image
Stephen Sharnoff  
Cladonia crispata image
Stephen Sharnoff  
Cladonia crispata image
Stephen Sharnoff  
Cladonia crispata image
Stephen Sharnoff  
Cladonia crispata image
Stephen Sharnoff  
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Cladonia crispata image
Click to Display
100 Initial Images
- - - - -
View All Images

This project made possible by National Science Foundation Awards: #1115116