Cladonia ecmocyna

Cladonia ecmocyna
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Cladoniaceae
Genus:	Cladonia
Species:	C. ecmocyna
Binomial name
	Cladonia ecmocyna; (Ach.) Leight. (1866)
Synonyms
	Cenomyce ecmocyna Ach. (1810);

Cladonia ecmocyna or the frosted cup lichen^[1] is a species of fruticose, cup lichen in the family Cladoniaceae. It was first scientifically described as a new species in 1810 by Swedish lichenologist Erik Acharius as Cenomyce ecmocyna. British botanist William Allport Leighton transferred it to the genus Cladonia in 1866.^[2] In North America, it is known colloquially as the "frosted cladonia".^[3]

References

^ "Standardized Common Names for Wild Species in Canada". National General Status Working Group. 2020.
^ Leighton, W.A. (1866). "Notulae lichenologicae. XI". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 18: 405–420.
^ Brodo, Irwin M.; Sharnoff, Sylvia Duran; Sharnoff, Stephen (2001). Lichens of North America. Yale University Press. p. 253. ISBN 978-0-300-08249-4.

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