Lichen Taxon Dictionary

For more information see the Supplementary Notes for the Taxon Dictionary, which explains the names and synonyms, and these Instructions on how to use the online Taxon Dictionary which includes details of the Conservation Evaluation codes.
Count Name Authority Is Current Name? Current Taxon Name Synonyms BLS Number Comments Conservation Evaluation Group Account & Map
1831 Circinaria tuberculosa (Ach.) Coppins (2023) Yes Circinaria tuberculosa Aspicilia tuberculosa; Lecanora tuberculosa 1851 Ex Circinaria tuberculosa
1832 Cirrenalia lichenicola Pérez-Ort. (2020) Yes Cirrenalia lichenicola 2843 on Mycoblastus caesius NE NR LF Cirrenalia lichenicola
1833 Cladina alpestris (L.) Nyl. No Cladonia stellaris 418
1834 Cladina arbuscula (Wallr.) Hale & W.L. Culb. (1970) No Cladonia arbuscula subsp. arbuscula 273 most British records refer to the subsp. squarrosa DD NR Sc
1835 Cladina ciliata (Stirt.) Trass No Cladonia ciliata var. ciliata 372 LC
1836 Cladina impexa (Harm.) B. de Lesd. No Cladonia portentosa 409 LC
1837 Cladina mediterranea (P.A. Duvign. & Abbayes) Follmann & Hern.-Padr. No Cladonia mediterranea 399 CR D NR P Eng
1838 Cladina mitis (Sandst.) Mong. No Cladonia mitis 402 NT NR Sc
1839 Cladina portentosa (Dufour) Follmann No Cladonia portentosa 409 LC
1840 Cladina rangiferina (L.) Nyl. No Cladonia rangiferina 411 LC
1841 Cladina stellaris (Opiz) Brodo No Cladonia stellaris 418
1842 Cladina tenuis (Flörke) B. de Lesd. No Cladonia ciliata var. tenuis 373 LC
1843 Cladonia acuminata auct. brit. p.p. No Cladonia ramulosa 359 LC
1844 Cladonia acuminata auct. brit. p.p. No Cladonia squamosa var. subsquamosa 417 LC
1845 Cladonia acuminata (Ach.) Norrl. No incorrectly reported from the British Isles, BLS number 357 no longer used
1846 Cladonia alcicornis (Lightf.) Fr. (1831) No Cladonia foliacea 387 LC
1847 Cladonia alpestris (L.) Rabenh. No Cladonia stellaris 418
1848 Cladonia alpicola (Flot.) Vain. No Cladonia macrophylla 397 LC NS
1849 Cladonia alpina (Asahina) Yoshim. (1968) Yes Cladonia alpina 322 DD NR Sc Cladonia alpina
1850 Cladonia amaurocraea auct. brit. No Cladonia uncialis subsp. biuncialis 426 LC
1851 Cladonia amaurocraea No 358 BLS number no longer used
1852 Cladonia angustiloba Ahti & Aptroot (2009) Yes Cladonia angustiloba 2668 Recently considered a morph of Cladonia foliacea NE LC Cladonia angustiloba
1853 Cladonia anomaea (Ach.) Ahti & P. James No Cladonia ramulosa 359 LC
1854 Cladonia arbuscula auct. brit. p.max.p. No Cladonia arbuscula subsp. squarrosa 360 LC
1855 Cladonia arbuscula subsp. arbuscula (Wallr.) Flot. (1839) Yes Cladonia arbuscula subsp. arbuscula Cladina arbuscula p.min.p. 273 Apparently very rare, and confined to dunes in E. Scotland DD NR Sc Cladonia arbuscula subsp. arbuscula
1856 Cladonia arbuscula subsp. mitis (Sandst.) Ruoss No Cladonia mitis 402 NT NR Sc
1857 Cladonia arbuscula subsp. squarrosa (Wallr.) Ruoss (1987) Yes Cladonia arbuscula subsp. squarrosa Cladina arbuscula p.max.p.
Cladonia arbuscula p.max.p.
Cladonia sylvatica auct. p.p.
360 This is the common subspecies LC Cladonia arbuscula subsp. squarrosa
1858 Cladonia asahinae J.W. Thomson (1977) [1976] Yes Cladonia asahinae 1747 a member of the C. grayi complex NE NR Cladonia asahinae
1859 Cladonia azorica Ahti (1961) Yes Cladonia azorica 1580 seemingly a chemotype of Cladonia portentosa LC NS Cladonia azorica
1860 Cladonia bacillaris (Leight.) Arnold No Cladonia macilenta 396 Cladonia macilenta s. lat. LC CR