Cladonia pocillum
| Cladonia pocillum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Cladoniaceae |
| Genus: | Cladonia |
| Species: | C. pocillum
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| Binomial name | |
| Cladonia pocillum | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cladonia pocillum is a species of lichen in the family Cladoniaceae.[2] Swedish botanist Erik Acharius first formally described the species in 1803 as Baeomyces pocillum, but Olivier Jules Richard transferred it to the genus Cladonia in 1877.[3]
Habitat and distribution
In Nepal, Cladonia pocillum has been reported from 2,000 to 3,600 m elevation in a compilation of published records.[4]
Ecology
Cladonia pocillum is host to numerous species of lichenicolous fungi. These include:[5]
- Arthonia epicladonia
- Bachmanniomyces uncialicola
- Cercidospora cladoniicola
- Cercidospora punctillata
- Dactylospora deminuta
- Epicladonia sandstedei
- Epicladonia simplex
- Epicladonia stenospora
- Lichenoconium pyxidatae
- Lichenocsticta alcicornaria
- Phaeosporobolus alpinus
- Phoma sp.
- Polycoccum laursenii
- Pronectria tibellae
- Protothelenella santessonii
- Rinodina egedeana
- Roselliniella cladoniae
- Sphaerellothecium araneosum var. cladoniae
- Taeniolella beschiana
See also
References
- ^ NatureServe. "Cladonia pocillum". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
- ^ Catalogue of Life.
- ^ Species Fungorum.
- ^ Baniya, Chitra Bahadur; Solhøy, Torstein; Gauslaa, Yngvar; Palmer, Michael W. (2010). "The elevation gradient of lichen species richness in Nepal". The Lichenologist. 42 (1): 83–96. doi:10.1017/S0024282909008627.
- ^ Zhurbenko & Alstrup 2004.
Sources
- "Cladonia pocillum". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- "Current name: Cladonia pocillum". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- Zhurbenko, Mikhail P.; Alstrup, Vagn (2004). "Lichenicolous fungi on Cladonia mainly from the Arctic" (PDF). Symbolae Botanicae Upsalienses. 34 (1): 477–499.