Cladonia nitidella is a species of fruticose lichen in the family Cladoniaceae.[2] It is found in New Zealand, where it grows on bare soil and among mosses in often moist, partially sun-exposed habitats. It was formally described as a new species in 2003 by the lichenologist Samuel Hammer. He collected the type specimen from Rainbow Reach above Waiau River, about 10 km south of Te Anau, at an elevation of 200 m.[1]
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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. nitidella
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| Binomial name | |
| Cladonia nitidella S.Hammer (2003)
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| Holotype: Rainbow Reach above Waiau River, New Zealand[1] | |
The primary thallus of Cladonia nitidella is squamulose, evanescent, and crenate-lobed. The podetia are more or less cylindrical, rough, corticate or ecorticate, esorediate, squamulose, and shiny. They contain two secondary metabolites: fumarprotocetraric acid and usnic acid.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Hammer, Samuel (2003). "Notes on Cladoniaceae in New Zealand". The Bryologist. 106 (3): 410–430. doi:10.1639/06.
- ^ "Cladonia nitidella S. Hammer". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
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