Cladonia subulata

Cladonia subulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Cladoniaceae
Genus:	Cladonia
Species:	C. subulata
Binomial name
Cladonia subulata (L.) Weber ex F.H.Wigg. (1780)
Synonyms
Lichen subulatusL. (1753)

Cladonia subulata is a species of fruticose, cup lichen in the family Cladoniaceae. It was first described as a new species by Swedish taxonomist Carl Linnaeus in 1753. ^[1] It was transferred to the genus Cladonia by Friedrich Heinrich Wiggers in 1780. ^[2] In North America, the lichen is colloquially known as the antlered powderhorn ^[3] or antlered cup lichen. ^[4]

References

1. Linnaeus, Carl (1753). Species plantarum (in Latin). Vol. 2. Stockholm: Impensis Laurentii Salvii. p. 1153.
2. Wiggers, F.H. (1780). Primitiae Florae Holsaticae (in Latin). Litteris Mich. Frider. Bartschii Acad. Typogr. p. 90.
3. Brodo, Irwin M.; Sharnoff, Sylvia Duran; Sharnoff, Stephen (2001). Lichens of North America. Yale University Press. p. 273. ISBN   978-0-300-08249-4.
4. "Standardized Common Names for Wild Species in Canada". National General Status Working Group. 2020.