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Cladonia squamosa var. subsquamosa

Overview
PNW Range:
  West sideAbundant
  East sideOccasional
  Immediate coastCommon
  Alpine or subalpineUncommon
Habitat: Moist forests at low to mid elevations.
Substrate: Soil, soil over rock, rotten logs, and tree trunks
Comments:
Synonymy: none
Cladonia squamosa var. subsquamosa - Habit
Habit
Growth Form
Fruticose: Almost always
Foliose: Never
Crustose: Never
Appressed Foliose: Never
Fluffy Foliose or Strappy: Never
Dangling Hair: Never
Erect Hair: Never
Appressed Hair: Never
Stalks With Squamules: Almost always
Stalks: Almost always
Squamules: Almost always
Single Holdfast: Never
Dangling Nets: Never

Upper Surface
Upper Surface Color    (Dry) 
   Pale Gray Green: Almost always
   Pale Green: Commonly
Upper Surface Tomentose: Never
Upper Surface Pruinose or Scabrid: Never
Upper Surface with Network of Ridges: Never
Upper Surface with Pseudocyphellae: Never
   Upper Surface with Holes into Cavity: Never
Cilia on Margins: Never
Lower Surface (Foliose)
Lower Surface Color    (Dry) 
   Whitish: Almost always
   Pale Gray: Sometimes
Veined Below: Never

Interior
Inside (Medulla) Yellow or Orange: Never
Central Cord: Never
Hollow Stalks or Hollow Lobes: Almost always
Gelatinous: Never

Photobiont
Green Algae Primary Photobiont: Almost always
Cyanobacteria Primary Photobiont: Never
Internal Cephalodia: Never
External Cephalodia: Never

Chemistry
Cortex K+ Yellow: Almost always
Medulla P+ Orange or Red: Commonly
Medulla P+ Yellow: Commonly
Medulla K+ Orange or Red: Rarely
Medulla K+ Yellow: Almost always
Sexual Reproduction
Perithecia: Never
Apothecia: Sometimes
   Mazaedium: Never
Disk Color    (Dry) 
   Disk Brown or Tan: Almost always

Asexual Reproduction
Isidia: Never
Soredia: Never
Lobules: Sometimes

Cladonia Specific
Cup forming: Sometimes
Richly Branched: Never
Stalks With Melanotic Base: Never
Branch Axils Or Cups Open: Almost always