Cladoniaceae
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The Cladoniaceae are a family of lichen-forming fungi in the order Lecanorales, comprising about 560 species distributed amongst 18 genera. This family is one of the largest among lichen-forming fungi
Cladonia subulata Flickr pellaea
The pixie cup, Cladonia pyxidata, was one of the first lichens to be scientifically described.
The t points to the leaf-like scales (squamules) of the ground-hugging primary thallus.
The upright secondary thallus, with stalks (podetia) topped by cup-shaped structures (apothecia). The red slime on the cup rims contains asexual reproductive spores (conidia).
Ramalinaceae
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The Ramalinaceae are a family of lichen-forming fungi in the order Lecanorales. First proposed by Carl Adolph Agardh in 1821, the family now comprises 71 genera and more than 1200 species. Ramalinacea
Cladoniaceae
…Thysanothecium Mont. & Berk. (1846) – 3 spp. Myelorrhiza was transferred from the Cladoniaceae to the Ramalinaceae by Sonja Kistenich and colleagues in 2018. Neophyllis, originally classified in the Cladoniaceae, was transferred to Sphaerophoraceae in 1999. Cladoniaceae…
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