Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,062 meters (0 to 3,484 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Fungi
()
- T.L. Jahn & F.F. Jahn, 1949 ex R.T. Moore, 1980
- Fungi
- Subkingdom:
Dikarya
()
- D.S. Hibbett et al., in D.S. Hibbett et al., 2007
- Phylum:
Ascomycota
()
- H.C. Bold, 1957 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Sac Fungi
- Subphylum:
Pezizomycotina
()
- O.E. Eriksson & K. Winka, 1997
- Class:
Lecanoromycetes
()
- O.E. Eriksson & K. Winka, 1997
- Subclass:
Lecanoromycetidae
()
- P.M. Kirk et al., 2001 ex J. Miadlikowska et al., in D.S. Hibbett et al., 2007
- Order:
Lecanorales
()
- Nannf., 1932
- Family:
Cladoniaceae
()
- Zenker, 1827
- Genus:
Cladonia
()
- Hill ex P. Browne, 1756
- Specific descriptor:
stricta
- (Nyl.) Nyl. 1869
- Scientific name: - Cladonia stricta (Nyl.) Nyl. 1869
- Specific descriptor:
stricta
- (Nyl.) Nyl. 1869
- Genus:
Cladonia
(
- Family:
Cladoniaceae
(
- Order:
Lecanorales
(
- Subclass:
Lecanoromycetidae
(
- Class:
Lecanoromycetes
(
- Subphylum:
Pezizomycotina
(
- Phylum:
Ascomycota
(
- Subkingdom:
Dikarya
(
- Kingdom:
Fungi
(
Synonyms
Cladonia degenerans stricta Nyl. • Cladonia degenerans var. stricta Nyl. • Cladonia lepidota f. hypophylla Vain. • Cladonia lepidota var. stricta (Nyl.) Du Rietz
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 05-Sep-2008
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Cladonia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species and subspecies in this genus:
C. perforata (Florida Perforate Reindeer Lichen)
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Further Reading
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- A monograph of lichens found in Britain: being a descriptive catalogue of the species in the herbarium of the British Museum. By James M. Crombie. London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1894-1911. url p. 148.
- Canada's missing dimension: science and history in the Canadian Arctic Islands / Ottawa: Canadian Museum of Nature, 1990. url p. 409.
- Syllogeus. Ottawa, National Museum of Natural Sciences, 1972-1995. url p. 31, p. 33.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 440983
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: SF-382970
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 4490920
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:indexfungorum.org:names:449053
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2128182
Footnotes
- Mean = 534.610 meters (1,753.970 feet), Standard Deviation = 313.160 based on 368 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
