Cladonia subcervicornis (images of British lichens)

Thallus of rather large, elongated (to 2cm) basal squamules and sparse or absent, inconspicuous podetia, basal sqamules grey to grey-green, white beneath and typically blackened at base, podetia irregularly cup-shaped, expanded from the base and sometimes with secondary cups proliferating from the centres or rims; apothecia small, brown, often in clusters on the rims of the podetial cups. Mainly in the north and west, especially in soil crevices amongst rocks in upland and coastal areas.

Refs: Smith et al. (2009), 336; Purvis et al. (1992), 207; Dobson (2005), 145 (photo); Dobson (2011), 152 (photo); Jahns (1983), 218-219 (photo); Whelan (2011), 81 (photo); Wirth (1995), 1: 314; Krog et al. (1994), 170 (photo); Holien & Tønsberg (2008), 95 (photo, dried); Thomson (1967) 99, plate 10, fig. 52 (photo, dried, poor resolution); Lichen Atlas of the British Isles 2: 421 (1996).

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Images of British Lichens