Cladonia arbuscula
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Cladoniaceae |
| Genus: | Cladonia |
| Species: | C. arbuscula
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| Cladonia arbuscula (Wallr.) Flot.
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Cladonia arbuscula or the shrubby cup lichen[2] is a species of cup lichen in the Cladoniaceae family.
Taxonomy[]
Name[]
The species name "arbuscula" is Latin for the word "bush" or "shrub", which may be due to the fact that the lichen has branches that resemble a bush.[citation needed]
Subspecies[]
C. arbuscula has 6 subspecies:[1]
- Cladonia arbuscula subsp. arbuscula (Wallr.) Flot.
- Cladonia arbuscula subsp. beringiana Ahti
- Cladonia arbuscula subsp. boliviana (Ahti) Ahti & De Priest
- Cladonia arbuscula subsp. imshaugii (Ahti) Ahti & De Priest
- Cladonia arbuscula subsp. mitis (Sandst.) Ruoss
- Cladonia arbuscula subsp. pachyderma (Ahti) Ahti & De Priest
Ecology[]
Cladonia arbuscula is a known host species for the fungus Lichenopeltella cladoniarum.[3]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Cladonia arbuscula (Wallr.) Flot. names - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
- ^ "Standardized Common Names for Wild Species in Canada". National General Status Working Group. 2020.
- ^ Zhurbenko, Michail P.; Enkhtuya, Ochirbat; Javkhlan, Samiya (2020). "Additions to the checklist of lichenicolous fungi of Mongolia". Folia Cryptogamica Estonica. 57: 9–20.
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