Cladonia transcendens - Common Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest

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Cladonia transcendens

Overview
PNW Range:
West side	Abundant
East side	Uncommon
Immediate coast	Common
Alpine or subalpine	Rare
Habitat:	In both shaded and open sites, including both clearcuts and old-growth forests, at low to mid elevations; east Cascades rare and largely restricted to moist, partly shaded locations, often near streams or in cool canyons.
Substrate:	On bark and wood; commonly on fenceposts, stumps, tree bases, and fallen logs.
Comments:
Synonymy:	none

Cladonia transcendens - Podetia

Podetia
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Cladonia transcendens - Podetia

Podetia
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Cladonia transcendens - Habit

Habit
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Cladonia transcendens - Habit

Habit
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Scale: Bar=1mm unless noted

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:	Sometimes
Pale Yellow Green:	Almost always
Pale Green:	Almost always
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)
Orange:	Almost always
Yellow:	Almost always
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
Usnic Acid:	Almost always
Cortex K+ Yellow:	Almost always
Cortex KC+ 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 Red:	Almost always

Asexual Reproduction
Isidia:	Never
Soredia:	Almost always
Lobules:	Sometimes

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