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Cladonia pocillum
Cladonia pocillum is a species of lichen in the family Cladoniaceae. Swedish botanist Erik Acharius first formally described the species in 1803 as Baeomyces pocillum, but Olivier Jules Richard transferred it to the genus Cladonia in 1877.
From the article Cladonia pocillum on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
In Nepal, Cladonia pocillum has been reported from 2,000 to 3,600 m elevation in a compilation of published records.
Wikipedia: “Habitat and distribution”
What it does
Cladonia pocillum is host to numerous species of lichenicolous fungi. These include:
Arthonia epicladonia Bachmanniomyces uncialicola Cercidospora cladoniicola Cercidospora punctillata Dactylospora deminuta Epicladonia sandstedei Epicladonia simplex Epicladonia stenospora Lichenoconium pyxidatae Lichenocsticta alcicornaria Phaeosporobolus alpinus Phoma sp. Polycoccum laursenii Pronectria tibellae Protothelenella santessonii Rinodina egedeana Roselliniella cladoniae Sphaerellothecium araneosum var. cladoniae Taeniolella beschiana
Wikipedia: “Ecology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 217136.