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Cladonia corniculata<br />
Cladonia didyma Southern soldiers<br />
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Cladoniaceae<br />
Description Fruticose, Primary thallus is squamulose, small, sorediate and<br />
brown on upper side. Podetia are white to yellowish grey, thick at the base and<br />
branched in the apical region. Podetial discs are pale brown. Podetia surface is<br />
sorediate.<br />
Status Only spotted in a few localities. New record for <strong>Sri</strong> <strong>Lanka</strong>.<br />
Habitat Mostly restricted to humid high elevation forests above 1000 m.<br />
Locations Nuwara Eliya.<br />
Description Fruticose. The primary thallus is microsquamulose and<br />
inconspicuous. The thallus is esorediate. The podetia grow on basal squamules.<br />
Podetia are simple or sparingly branched, pale to dark brown -greenish, fragile ,<br />
fairly common, the disc is wide and bright red.<br />
Status Only spotted in two locations. This species can be readily identified as it<br />
forms large colonies. The simple podetia with red discs are conspicuous.<br />
Habitat Mostly restricted to humid high elevation forests above 1000 m.<br />
Locations Horton Plains and Knuckles montane forests.<br />
Cladoniaceae<br />
50 <strong>Fascinating</strong> <strong>Lichens</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Sri</strong> <strong>Lanka</strong><br />
<strong>Fascinating</strong> <strong>Lichens</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Sri</strong> <strong>Lanka</strong> 51
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