Cladonia mitis

Cladonia mitis is a species of fruticose lichen in the family Cladoniaceae. It was formally described as a new species in 1918 by German lichenologist Heinrich Sandstede. It has previously been classified in genus Cladina before molecular phylogenetic studies showed this to be a part of Cladonia.^[2] Cladonia mitis is morphologically quite similar to Cladonia arbuscula, and some authors have considered it to be a variety or subspecies of the latter.^[3] They differ mainly in the production of secondary compounds: Cladonia mitis produces chemicals in the rangiformic acid complex, which C. arbuscula does not.^[4]

Cladonia mitis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Cladoniaceae
Genus:	Cladonia
Species:	C. mitis
Binomial name
Cladonia mitis Sandst. (1918)
Synonyms[1]
Cladina arbuscula subsp. mitis (Sandst.) Burgaz (1994) Cladina mitis (Sandst.) Mong. (1938) Cladonia arbuscula subsp. mitis (Sandst.) Ruoss (1987) Cladonia arbuscula subsp. stictica Ruoss (1989) Cladonia arbuscula var. mitis (Sandst.) Sipman Cladonia sylvatica var. mitis (Sandst.) Kušan (1932)

See also

• List of Cladonia species

References

1. "Synonymy: Cladonia mitis Sandst., Sandstede: Clad. Exs.: no. 55 (1918)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
2. Stenroosa, Soili; Hyvönen, Jaakko; Myllysa, Leena; Thell, Arne; Ahtid, Teuvo (2002). "Phylogeny of the genus Cladonia s.lat. (Cladoniaceae, Ascomycetes) inferred from molecular, morphological, and chemical data". Cladistics. 18 (3): 237–278. doi:10.1006/clad.2002.0202.
3. Ruoss, E. (1987). "Species differentiation in a group of reindeer lichens (Cladonia subg. Cladina)". Bibliotheca Lichenologica. 25: 197–206.
4. Myllys, Leena; Stenroos, Soili; Thell, Arne; Ahti, Teuvo (2003). "Phylogeny of bipolar Cladonia arbuscula and Cladonia mitis (Lecanorales, Euascomycetes)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 27: 58–69. doi:10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00398-6.