Cladonia uncialis is a species of fruticose, cup lichen in the family Cladoniaceae. It was first described as a new species by Swedish taxonomist Carl Linnaeus in 1753.[1] It was transferred to the genus Cladonia by Friedrich Heinrich Wiggers in 1780.[2] In North America, the lichen is colloquially known as the thorn Cladonia[3] or the thorn cup lichen.[4]

Cladonia uncialis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Cladoniaceae
Genus: Cladonia
Species:
C. uncialis
Binomial name
Cladonia uncialis
(L.) Weber ex F.H.Wigg. (1780)
Synonyms
  • Lichen uncialis L. (1753)

Cladonia uncialis is host to the lichenicolous fungus species Lichenopeltella uncialicola, which is named after C. uncialis.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Linnaeus, Carl (1753). Species plantarum (in Latin). Vol. 2. Stockholm: Impensis Laurentii Salvii. p. 1153.
  2. ^ Wiggers, F.H. (1780). Primitiae Florae Holsaticae (in Latin). Kiliae: Litteris Mich. Frider. Bartschii Acad. Typogr. p. 90.
  3. ^ Brodo, Irwin M.; Sharnoff, Sylvia Duran; Sharnoff, Stephen (2001). Lichens of North America. Yale University Press. p. 277. ISBN 978-0-300-08249-4.
  4. ^ "Standardized Common Names for Wild Species in Canada". National General Status Working Group. 2020.
  5. ^ Brackel, Wolfgang von (2010). "Some Lichenicolous Fungi and Lichens from Iceland, Including Lichenopeltella uncialicola sp. nov". Herzogia. 23 (1): 93–109. doi:10.13158/heia.23.1.2010.93. S2CID 84339545.