Cladonia rangiformis
Podetia are greyish, richly branched, commonly terminating in spiky tufts with pointed, dark ends. The surface of the podetia appearing speckled, with groups of green algal cells on a paler background, looking like the pattern on a giraffe's neck.
Often found on dunes or in rather dry, neutral to basic grassland.
All year round
Widespread and locally common in Britain.
Local in Leicestershire and Rutland.
David Nicholls
Bardon Hill
15 February 2013
AJ Cann
Holwell
02 January 2017
David Nicholls
New Lount
28 April 2012
David Nicholls
New Lount
28 April 2012
Graham Calow
Croft Pasture
09 May 2014
David Nicholls
Bagworth Heath Woods
12 January 2012
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Lichens
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Lecanorales
- Family:
- Cladoniaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 34
- First record:
- 12/01/2012 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 23/12/2023 (Bedford, Frank)
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David Nicholls
Croft Pasture
09 May 2014
David Nicholls
Beacon Hill
16 December 2023
AJ Cann
Holwell
02 January 2017
Graham Calow
Croft Pasture
02 May 2013
Melinda Bell
Coalville,Nature Alive
03 February 2021
AJ Cann
Asfordby Hill
03 January 2020
