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Cladonia islandica

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Cladonia islandica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Cladoniaceae
Genus: Cladonia
Species:
C. islandica
Binomial name
Cladonia islandica
Kristinsson & Ahti (2009)

Cladonia islandica is a species of fruticose lichen in the family Cladoniaceae.[1] It is endemic to Iceland, where it grows on moss-covered rocks and stone walls. The lichen was described as a new species in 2009 by Hördur Kristinsson and Teuvo Ahti. The type specimen was collected by the first author from Herdisarvik, Árnessýsla (Southern Region) in 1978. It has been collected from various locations around Iceland, but is most common around the lake Mývatn. It contains fumarprotocetraric acid as its main lichen product, and trace amounts of protocetraric acid and confumarprotocetraric acid[2]

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  1. ^ "Cladonia islandica Kristinsson & Ahti". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  2. ^ Kristinsson, Hördur; Ahti, Teuvo (2009). "Two new species of Cladonia from Iceland". In Aptroot, André; Seaward, Mark R.D.; Sparrius, Laurens B. (eds.). Biodiversity and Ecology of Lichens: Liber Amicorum Harrie Sipman. Bibliotheca Lichenologica. Vol. 99. J. Cramer. pp. 279–283. ISBN 978-3-443-58078-0.