Cladonia glacialis is a species of fruticose lichen in the family Cladoniaceae.[1] Found in Iceland, it was described as a new species in 2009 by Hördur Kristinsson and Teuvo Ahti. The first author collected the type specimen in 1979 from Arnarfellsmúlar (a moraine in central Iceland) at an elevation of 600 m (2,000 ft). This type locality is on the southeast side of Múlajökull, which is an outlet glacier of the Hofsjökull ice cap. Cladonia glacialis is only known to occur at the type locality. It contains fumarprotocetraric acid as its major lichen product.[2] The authors suggest that the species belongs to the "supergroup" Cladonia (as defined by Stenroos et al. in 2002[3]), and that it may be closely related to Cladonia phyllophora.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Cladoniaceae |
| Genus: | Cladonia |
| Species: | C. glacialis
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| Cladonia glacialis Kristinsson & Ahti (2009)
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See also
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edit- ^ "Cladonia glacialis Kristinsson & Ahti". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- ^ a b Kristinsson, Hördur; Ahti, Teuvo (2009). "Two new species of Cladonia from Iceland". In Aptroot, André; Seaward, Mark R.D.; Sparrius, Laurens B. (eds.). Biodiversity and Ecology of Lichens: Liber Amicorum Harrie Sipman. Bibliotheca Lichenologica. Vol. 99. J. Cramer. pp. 279–283. ISBN 978-3-443-58078-0.
- ^ Stenroos, Soili; Hyvönen, Jaakko; Myllys, Leena; Thell, Arne; Ahti, Teuvo (2002). "Phylogeny of the genus Cladonia s.lat. (Cladoniaceae, Ascomycetes) inferred from molecular, morphological, and chemical Data". Cladistics. 18 (3): 237–278. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2002.tb00151.x.
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