Cladonia ramulosa
Primary thallus made up of small leafy lobes, the grey green cups which rise from this lichen have secondary tiers of growth often decorated by brown sac like structures in which the sexual spores are developed.
On wet, acidic heath.
All year round
Widespread and locally fairly frequent in Britain.
Local in Leicestershire and Rutland.
David Nicholls
Bagworth Heath Woods
12 January 2012
David Nicholls
Bradgate Park, sliding stones
10 January 2025
David Nicholls
Bagworth Heath Woods
12 January 2012
David Nicholls
Bagworth Heath Woods
12 January 2012
Catherine Horrell
Staunton Harold
31 December 2024
David Nicholls
Bagworth Heath Woods
15 December 2012
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Lichens
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Lecanorales
- Family:
- Cladoniaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 9
- First record:
- 12/01/2012 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 25/01/2025 (Nicholls, David)
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David Nicholls
Bagworth Heath Woods
26 January 2023
Catherine Horrell
Staunton Harold
31 December 2024
David Nicholls
Groby
17 February 2013
David Nicholls
Groby
17 February 2013
David Nicholls
Bradgate Park, sliding stones
25 February 2023
