Cladonia leporina is a species of lichen in the family Cladoniaceae. It was described as a new species in 1831 by Swedish mycologist Elias Magnus Fries.[1] In North America, it is colloquially known as the "jester lichen".[2] A sighting of a population of the lichen in New York (state) is the northernmost known occurrence of this species.[3]
Cladonia leporina | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Lecanorales |
Family: | Cladoniaceae |
Genus: | Cladonia |
Species: | C. leporina
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Binomial name | |
Cladonia leporina Fr. (1831)
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Fries, E.M. (1831). Lichenographia Europaea Reformata (in Latin). p. 243. LCCN 03032364.
- ^ Brodo, Irwin M.; Sharnoff, Sylvia Duran; Sharnoff, Stephen (2001). Lichens of North America. Yale University Press. p. 258. ISBN 978-0-300-08249-4.
- ^ Hoffman, Jordan R. (2019). "Cladonia leporina (Cladoniaceae), a new macrolichen for New York State and northern range extension found in Brooklyn, New York City". The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society. 146 (2): 138–141. doi:10.3159/TORREY-D-18-00028.1. S2CID 164624621.