User:Zrose26/Cladonia asahinae

-Background of the Cladonia genus & Cladonia chlorophaea group

-“As part of the Cladonia genus”

-“diverse secondary chemistry plays a key role in taxonomy and identification”

-Morphological description

·       Browner colors

·       Exposed medulla pinkish brown

·       K and C reactions

·       UV fluorescence

·       Primary thallus: squamulose, persistent or disappearing

·       Glaucescent green or glaucescent blue-green to olivaceous or brown above

-Chemistry

- contains rangiformic and norrangiformic acids. It does not contain protolichesterinic acid

-General distubtuion

- Europe: Andorra (Azuaga et al. 2001), Czech Republic (Holien & Tønsberg 1985), Finland (Huovinen et al. 1990; Santesson et al. 2004), Great Britain (Coppins 2002), Lithuania (Motiejūnaitė 2002), Iceland (Brodo & Ahti 1996; Feuerer 2006), Norway, Sweden (Holien & Tønsberg 1985, Santesson et al. 2004). Asia: Russia (Brodo & Ahti 1996; Ahti & Hammer 2

-Common Name

- named for its resemblance to the tiny cups that pixies or wood fairies drink from.

002; Kristinsson et al. 2006). North America: Canada (Brodo & Ahti 1996), U.S.A. (Thomson 1976; Hammer 1995; Brodo & Ahti 1996 and literature cited therein; Ahti & Hammer 2002). South America: Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) (Brodo & Ahti 1996 and literature cited therein; see also additional specimens examined). Antarctica (Brodo & Ahti 1996 and literature cited therein; Osyczka & Olech 2005).

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Martin-Kukwa/publication/294935002_Pbj522_s173-175/links/56c60e0608ae408dfe4cd3be/Pbj522-s173-175.pdf

Evans, Alexander W. “Notes on North American Cladoniae.” The Bryologist, vol. 58, no. 2, 1955, pp. 93–112. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/3240424. Accessed 19 Nov. 2023.