Cladonia compressa is a species of lichen in the family Cladoniaceae. Found in Bolivia, it was formally described as a new species in 2016 by lichenologists Teuvo Ahti and Adam Flakus. The type specimen was collected by the second author near Siniari colony (Nor Yungas Province) at an altitude of 2,186 m (7,172 ft). Here, in a Yungas secondary cloud forest, the lichen was found growing on the ground, in humus-rich mineral soil. The specific epithet compressa refers to the compressed podetia. Secondary compounds that occur in the lichen include fumarprotocetraric acid (major), and minor to trace amounts of protocetraric acid and physodalic acid.[1]

Cladonia compressa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Cladoniaceae
Genus: Cladonia
Species:
C. compressa
Binomial name
Cladonia compressa
Ahti & Flakus (2016)

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  1. ^ Ahti, Teuvo; Pino-Bodas, Raquel; Flakus, Adam; Stenroos, Soili (2016). "Additions to the global diversity of Cladonia". The Lichenologist. 48 (5): 517–526. doi:10.1017/s0024282916000220. S2CID 89395261.