Cladonia ciliata var. tenuis

Taxon

Cladonia ciliata var. tenuis

Authority
(Flörke) Ahti (1993)
Synonyms
Cladina tenuis
Cladonia sylvatica auct. p.p.
Cladonia tenuis
Conservation Status
LC (Key)
BLS Number
373
Comments
yellow-green (usnic acid-containing) race
Taxon Photo
Cladonia ciliata var. tenuis, Gravelly Marsh, Beaulieu, New Forest
Cladonia ciliata var. tenuis (right) & Cladonia ciliata var. ciliata (left), heathland, Plaitford Common, New Forest, S. Wilts
General Description

The usnic acid containing morph of Cladonia ciliata, has been separated at varietal or form level (Cladonia ciliata var. tenuis (Flörke) Ahti (1993) or C. ciliata f. flavicans (Flörke) Ahti & DePriest (2001)) and there are some ecological and distributional differences. The morphs, however, grade into each other with intermediates found with low concentrations of usnic acid, and C. ciliata is treated as a single polymorphic taxon by Pino-Bodas et al (2012). See Cladonia ciliata for more details of this species.

For the time being this morph is still being recorded separately in the BLS database.

Distribution Map
Cladonia ciliata var. tenuis 10km sq distribution map
Cladonia ciliata var. tenuis 10km sq distribution map
Key to map date classes
References

Pino-Bodas, R., Sanderson, N., Cannon, P., Aptroot, A., Coppins, B., Orange, A. & Simkin, J. (2021). Lecanorales: Cladoniaceae, including the genera Cladonia, Pilophorus and Pycnothelia. Revisions of British and Irish Lichens 19: 1-45. Link

Text by Neil A Sanderson based on Pino-Bodas et al (2021)

Description
Species Description of Cladonia ciliata