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Cladonia scholanderi Abbayes

liquen del reno, Reindeer lichen

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Fungi

Phylum
Ascomycota

Class
Lecanoromycetes

Order
Lecanorales

Family
Cladoniaceae

Genus
Cladonia

Species
scholanderi

Taxon category: Accepted

In Weber (1986) as Cladonia sphacelata, fide A. Aptroot (pers. comm.)

Origin: Native

Status

Near threatened

References

  • Ahti, T. (2000) Cladoniaceae. Flora Neotropica Monograph 78, 362 pp., The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York.
  • Yánez-Ayabaca, A. Ahti, T., Bungartz, F. (2013) The Family Cladoniaceae (Lecanorales) in the Galapagos Islands Phytotaxa 129 (1): 1–33

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"Galapagos Species Database, Cladonia scholanderi", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=2542. Accessed 4 November 2026.