Cladonia verticillata (Hoffm.) Schaer.

Gheza, Gabriele, 2018, Addenda to the lichen flora of the Ticino river valley (western Po Plain, Italy), Natural History Sciences 5 (2), pp. 33-40 : 38

Cladonia verticillata (Hoffm.) Schaer. ( Fig. 2 )

11: on sandy-pebbly soil (GG).

A terricolous species which appears with very welldeveloped podetia in undisturbed but still open Calluna heathlands. The last known record of the species was that by Cozzi (1917) for the “Boscaccio di San Macario”. Extremely rare.

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Fig. 2 - Cladonia verticillata, abandoned airfield “La Promessa”.