Cladonia floerkeana
Podetia small, typically 1 to 2 cm in height, grey, usually unbranched, not forming cups, surface densely covered with granules and/or small squamules, lacking soredia or at most, slightly granular-sorediate; basal squamules small and inconspicuous; apothecia bright red, conspicuous, one or more developed at the tips of the podetia and often forming rings.
Damp places, mossy logs and stumps.
All year round.
Locally frequent in suitable areas.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
Melinda Bell
Albert Village, by solar farm
14 December 2021
David Nicholls
Beacon Hill
16 December 2023
David Nicholls
Bradgate Park, Newtown Linford
21 February 2025
Melinda Bell
Hicks Lodge, open clay area
29 December 2024
David Nicholls
Warren Hills
19 September 2018
Melinda Bell
Bardon Hill
13 April 2021
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Lichens
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Lecanorales
- Family:
- Cladoniaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 8
- First record:
- 19/09/2018 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 21/02/2025 (Nicholls, David)
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David Nicholls
Warren Hills
19 September 2018
Melinda Bell
Hicks Lodge, open clay area
29 December 2024
Frank Bedford
Ashby Hicks Lodge
23 December 2023
David Nicholls
Cossington
11 February 2021
on thatched roof
