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Cladonia rangiformis Hoffm.
Podetia greyish, richly branched, commonly terminating in spiky tufts with pointed, dark apices, surface of podetia appearing speckled, with groups of green algal cells on a paler background; pycnidia and apothecia dark brown, on the tips of branches. Widespread, generally on dunes or in rather dry, neutral to basic grassland.
Refs: Smith et al. (2009), 334; Purvis et al. (1992), 209; Dobson (2005), 144 (photo); Dobson (2011), 151 (photo); Wirth (1995), 1: 308, 309 (photo); Wirth et al. (2004), 77 (photo); van Herk & Aptroot (2004), 154-155 (photo); Thomson (1967) 117; Lichen Atlas of the British Isles 2: 412 (1996). |
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In dune heath, Shewelton Pits, Ayrshire, May 2009.
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In sandy heathland, Thetford, Norfolk, April 2010. Note developing apothecia on some of the branches.
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| In sandy ground at edge of pine (Pinus sylvestris) forest, Clashmore, East Sutherland, August 2006 |
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