Cladonia portentosa

Reindeer lichen or cream cup lichen

Cladonia portentosa

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Fungi
Division:  | Ascomycota
Class:  | Lecanoromycetes
Order:  | Lecanorales
Family:  | Cladoniaceae
Genus:  | Cladonia
Species:  |

C. portentosa

Binomial name
Cladonia portentosa

(Dufour) Coem. (1865)

Cladonia portentosa, also known as reindeer lichen or the cream cup lichen,[1] is a light-coloured, fruticose, cup lichen in the family Cladoniaceae.

A similar-looking species, also known by the common name "reindeer lichen", is Cladonia rangiferina.

## Description

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Cladonia portentosa forms compact interwoven mats up to 6 cm tall. It is richly branched, each branch usually dividing into three but with the penultimate sometimes dividing into two. The branching is at a larger angle than that of Cladonia rangiferina.[2]

## Conservation status

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As of July 2021, its conservation status has not been estimated by the IUCN. In Iceland, its conservation status is denoted as data deficient (DD).[3]

## See also

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* List of Cladonia species

## Illustrations

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Gilbert, O. 2004.[4]

## References

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1. ^ "Standardized Common Names for Wild Species in Canada". National General Status Working Group. 2020.
2. ^ Dobson, Frank S., Lichens: An Illustrated Guide to the British and Irish Species, Richmond Publishing, Slough, 5th edn 2005.
3. ^ Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands [Icelandic Institute of Natural History] (1996). Válisti 1: Plöntur. (in Icelandic) Reykjavík: Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands.
4. ^ Gilbert, O. 2007. Lichens Scottish Natural Heritage ISBN 1-85397-373-4

Taxon identifiers

Cladonia portentosa|

* Wikidata: Q1278746
* Wikispecies: Cladonia portentosa
* BioLib: 125079
* CoL: VPKJ
* EoL: 1007821
* EUNIS: 316157
* GBIF: 3390030
* iNaturalist: 119666
* IndexFungorum: 382938
* IRMNG: 10667985
* MycoBank: 382938
* NatureServe: 2.123455
* NBN: NBNSYS0000018396
* NCBI: 50943
* Observation.org: 17924
* Open Tree of Life: 942611
* SpeciesFungorum: 382938

Cenomyce portentosa|

* Wikidata: Q59454127
* CoL: 69GMX
* GBIF: 3390989
* IndexFungorum: 454451
* IRMNG: 10403342
* MycoBank: 454451
* SpeciesFungorum: 454451

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