TYPE. UNITED STATES. Connecticut, “On stumps, logs, banks, and on earth over rocks. Bacon Falls (1928), Branford (1926, not previously reported), Chester (Musch & Evans, 1928), Corwall (1928), Durham (1928), East Hampton (1928), Greenwich (1926, listed in the Notes as C. ochrochlora m. ceratodes), Hamden (1927, 1928), Ledyard (1927), Milford (1927), New Canaan (1926, not previously reported), New Hartford (1928), Newton (1928), North Branford (Musch & Evans, 1927), North Canaan (1928), Salisbury (1928), Seymour (Musch & Evans, 1928), Torrington (1927), and Woodbridge (L. Sudbury, 1927).” (Evans 1930).

Life form. Lichenized fungus.

Description. Thallus dimorphic, composed of a squamulose primary thallus and fruticose secondary thallus consisting of podetia. Squamules persistent, sorediate or not, dentate to lobed, usually with sorediate margins; ~1.5–3 mm wide by 1.5–3 mm long; upper surface blue-gray, smooth, corticate; lower surface white, ecorticate. Podetia simple, tapering, without cups, ecorticate, sorediate, covered in coarse to fine soredia; ~3–5 mm tall by 0.5–1 mm thick. Ascomata biatorine apothecia, brown, usually inconspicuous; pycnidia brown, usually inconspicuous.

Chemistry. UV+ dull blue-white, K-, KC-, C-, PD+ red; fumarprotocetraric and grayanic acid detected by TLC.

Substrate and habitat: Corticolous or lignicolous.

Distribution. Eastern North America; in North Carolina found in throughout.

Literature

Evans, A.W. (1930) The Cladoniae of Connecticut. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Science 30: 357-510 (original description as C. borbonica f. cylindrica).

Evans, A.W. (1950) Notes on the Cladoniae of Connecticut. Rhodora 52: 77-123.

Lendemer, J.C. & N. Noell. (2018) Delmarva Lichens: An illustrated manual. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Society 28: 1-386.