Cladonia uncialis

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 uncialis (L.) F.H.Wigg.

5: on organic soil (GG). 6: on organic soil (GG; GG15). 11: on sandy-pebbly soil (GG). 14: on organic soil (GG; GG15).

The species was not reported for site 5 by Gheza (2015), but a deeper study of the area allowed to find two thalli in an undisturbed clearing in the wood near the dry grassland surveyed for that paper. This is the third record of the species on the western side of the river valley. The record from site 11 is the only one from the eastern side, and comes after a long time since the last record of the species in that area by Giacomini (1958). Extremely rare.