Cladonia mitis

Cladonia mitis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Cladoniaceae
Genus:	Cladonia
Species:	C. mitis
Binomial name
	Cladonia mitis; Sandst. (1918)
Synonyms
	Cladina arbuscula subsp. mitis (Sandst.) Burgaz (1994); Cladina mitis (Sandst.) Mong. (1938); Cladonia arbuscula subsp. mitis (Sandst.) Ruoss (1987); Cladonia arbuscula subsp. stictica Ruoss (1989); Cladonia arbuscula var. mitis (Sandst.) Sipman; Cladonia sylvatica var. mitis (Sandst.) Kušan (1932);

Cladonia mitis is a species of fruticose lichen in the family Cladoniaceae. It was formally described as a new species in 1918 by German lichenologist Heinrich Sandstede. It has previously been classified in genus Cladina before molecular phylogenetic studies showed this to be a part of Cladonia.^[2] Cladonia mitis is morphologically quite similar to Cladonia arbuscula, and some authors have considered it to be a variety or subspecies of the latter.^[3] They differ mainly in the production of secondary compounds: Cladonia mitis produces chemicals in the rangiformic acid complex, which C. arbuscula does not.^[4]

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