Cladonia pocillum

Cladonia pocillum is a species of lichen in the family Cladoniaceae. 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.

Cladonia pocillum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Cladoniaceae
Genus:	Cladonia
Species:	C. pocillum
Binomial name
Cladonia pocillum (Ach.) O.J.Rich. (1877)
Synonyms
Baeomyces pocillum Ach. Cladonia pocillum (Ach.) Grognot Cladonia pyxidata subsp. pocillum (Ach.) Fink Cladonia pyxidata subsp. pocillum (Ach.) Å.E.Dahl Cladonia pyxidata var. pocillum (Ach.) Flot. Cladonia pyxidata var. pocillum (Ach.) Fr. Cladonia pyxidata var. pocillum (Ach.) Schaer.

Ecology

Cladonia pocillum is host to numerous species of lichenicolous fungi. These include:

• 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

• List of Cladonia species

References

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.