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Cladonia cristatella, commonly known as the British soldiers lichen or the British soldiers cup lichen, [1] is a fruticose, cup lichen belonging to the family Cladoniaceae. The species was first described scientifically by American botanist Edward Tuckerman in 1858.
Cladonia incrassata or the powder-foot British soldiers cup lichen [2] is a species of cup lichen in the family Cladoniaceae. Found in Europe and North America, it was formally described as a new species in 1828 by German botanist Heinrich Gustav Flörke. A colloquial name for the lichen is "powder-foot British soldiers". [3]
The Cladonia morpho-type has many more species, and is generally described as a group of squamulose (grow from squamules), cup-bearing lichens. The Cladina morpho-types are often referred to as forage lichens, mat-forming lichens, or reindeer lichens (due to their importance as caribou winter forage).
Lichenology began at the Soldiers Delight NEA in 1976, when Allen C. Skorepa, Arnold Norden, and Donald Windler were awarded a grant from the Power Plant Siting Program of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources to survey the lichens of Maryland. They surveyed the lichens from many areas throughout the state; one of which was Soldiers Delight.
[1] [2] [3] Much of the area of Soldiers Delight contains a serpentine barren that contains a number of rare and endangered species of plants. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The following list of herbaceous plants is based greatly on the work of Ed Uebel [ 6 ] and comes from the publications by Fleming et al. 1995, [ 7 ] Monteferrante 1973, [ 8 ] Reed 1984, [ 9 ...
The Cladoniaceae are a family of lichen-forming fungi in the order Lecanorales, comprising about 560 species distributed amongst 18 genera.This family is one of the largest among lichen-forming fungi and is globally distributed, from Arctic tundra to tropical rainforests, favouring humid environments while being intolerant of arid conditions.
Cladonia bellidiflora or the toy soldiers cup lichen [2] is a fruticose, cup lichen species in the Cladoniaceae family. See also. List of Cladonia species; References
Cladonia asahinae, the pixie cup lichen or Asahina's cup lichen, [1] is a species of cup lichen in the family Cladoniaceae. C. asahinae occurs in Europe, North America, southern South America, and the Antarctic. It typically grows in high moisture environments in soil rich in humus or on dead wood.