Cladonia i.d. please

[waxcap]

Hello Lichen experts

would I be safe to log this as Cladonia chlorophaea or could it be another species. Found today in a wet/boggy area of the New Forest on a waterlogged rotting wood.

Many thanks.

Dave

[synangium]

Hi Dave,

In the absence of more authoritative takers, your C. chlorophaea gets my vote.

Nigel

[waxcap]

Many thanks for that.

This oher Cladonia I found has a smoother edge to the cup so I suppose it's not the same one.

[synangium]

A harder call to make. While some podetia do have a shape more characteristic of C. fimbriata, others are the cone shape of C. chlorophaea. The podetium in the foreground also appears to have peeling squamules (check a hi-res image if you have one), which I think eliminates C. fimbriata. On balance I'd say the C. chlorophaea aggregate again, which doesn't always have proliferating margins.

Disclaimer: this is just my amateur opinion, hesitantly put here, ready to be shot down.

Nigel

[waxcap]

Once again Nigel - Many thanks.

[diggleken]

I'm with Nigel on that one too - oh, and the keen amateur status too......!
Cheers
Ken

[AlanS]

Yes, no. 1 is C. chlorophaea, number 2 is more difficult!

Number 2 could very well be C. fimbriata, but I think C. grayi (part of the C. chlorophaea group and not necessarily to be interpreted as in Dobson) is distinctly possible.

The medulla of C. grayi (after the cortex is scraped off) is brilliant blue-white under UV (bank-note checker, or take it to a disco).
C. fimbriata is non-reactive.

Alan