Cladonia portentosa
Description
The richly-branched thallus is a pale grey-green or cream in colour and can form dense mats up to 6cm tall. The branches are usually trichotomous and the finer ones spread in all directions.
Identification difficulty
Habitat
Heaths, moors and dunes
When to see it
All year
UK Status
Very common.
VC55 Status
Not known.
Melinda Bell
Moira,Maybury Wood
05 February 2021
David Gould
Bradgate Park
10 October 2008
stepgray4
Bagworth Heath Woods
12 December 2021
David Nicholls
Altar Stones
16 February 2017
Melinda Bell
Albert Village, by solar farm
14 December 2021
Frank Bedford
Ashby de la Zouch, Hicks Lodge
30 October 2020
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Species profile
- Species group:
- lichen
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Lecanorales
- Family:
- Cladoniaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 9
- First record:
- 10/10/2008 (Gould, David)
- Last record:
- 14/12/2021 (Bell, Melinda)
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Frank Bedford
Ashby de la Zouch, Hicks Lodge
21 October 2021
Melinda Bell
Moira,Maybury Wood
05 February 2021
on leaf litter
Frank Bedford
Ashby de la Zouch, Hicks Lodge
06 January 2021
Cladonia portentosa lichen
Melinda Bell
Donisthorpe,Woodland Park
21 January 2021
