Cladonia caespiticia

Cladonia caespiticia
	in the Great Smoky Mountains, North Carolina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Cladoniaceae
Genus:	Cladonia
Species:	C. caespiticia
Binomial name
	Cladonia caespiticia; (Pers.) Flörke (1827)
Synonyms
	Baeomyces caespiticius Pers. (1794);

Cladonia caespiticia is a widespread and common species of fruticose, cup lichen in the family Cladoniaceae. It was originally named Baeomyces caespiticius by German mycologist Christiaan Hendrik Persoon in 1794. Heinrich Gustav Flörke transferred it to the genus Cladonia in 1827.^[2] In North America, it is commonly known as the stubby-stalked Cladonia.^[3]^[4]

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^ "Standardized Common Names for Wild Species in Canada". National General Status Working Group. 2020.