Cladonia didyma

Cladonia didyma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Cladoniaceae
Genus: Cladonia
Species:
C. didyma
Binomial name
Cladonia didyma
(Fée) Vain (1887)[1]

Cladonia didyma is a fruticose lichen, commonly known as southern soldiers, belonging to the family Cladoniaceae, which include fungal symbionts under the Ascomycota phylum with characteristic red ascocarps containing sexually reproductive asci.[2]

Initially named Scyphophorus didymus (Fée 1824), it was later reclassified into Cladonia didyma in 1887.[3] Its namesake is described as deriving from the ancient Greek κλᾰ́δος (kládos) meaning 'branching' and Δίδυμος (didymus) describing 'bunched', 'clustered' or 'paired'[4] indicative of the branched like structures characteristic of the Cladonia genus and the often observed clusters of C. didyma found among various other Cladonia spp. or other C. didyma variants.[3][5][6]

  1. ^ "Taxonomy browser (Cladonia didyma)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  2. ^ Steinová, Jana; Škaloud, Pavel; Yahr, Rebecca; Bestová, Helena; Muggia, Lucia (2019-05-01). "Reproductive and dispersal strategies shape the diversity of mycobiont-photobiont association in Cladonia lichens". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 134: 226–237. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.02.014. hdl:11368/2951192. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 30797939.
  3. ^ a b Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica; Fennica, Societas pro Fauna et Flora (1887). Acta Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica. Vol. v. 4 (1887). Helsinki: Societas.
  4. ^ Charters, Michael L. "Latin and Greek Meanings and Derivations. An Annotated Dictionary of Botanical and Biographical Etymology". California Plant Names. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
  5. ^ Gumboski, Emerson Luiz; Eliasaro, Sionara (2012). "Espécies de Cladonia P. Browne (Cladoniaceae, Ascomycota) dos Supergrupos Cocciferae, Crustaceae e Perviae em restingas e costões rochosos dos estados do Paraná e de Santa Catarina, Brasil". Acta Botanica Brasilica. 26 (3): 619–631. doi:10.1590/S0102-33062012000300011. ISSN 0102-3306.
  6. ^ Fraga, Carlos Augusto Vidigal; Gumboski, Emerson Luiz (2017). "The genus Cladonia (Lichenized Ascomycota) from Restinga vegetation of Espírito Santo state, Brazil: Supergroups Cladonia and Cocciferae". Rodriguésia. 68 (5): 1951–1962. doi:10.1590/2175-7860201768526. ISSN 0370-6583.

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