Subspecies
Cladonia portentosa pacifica (Maritime reindeer lichen)
Cladonia portentosa pacifica. Photo: (c) Coley Cheng, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
Cladonia portentosa, also known as reindeer lichen, is a light-coloured, fruticose lichen belonging to the family Cladoniaceae.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
- Phylum: Ascomycota (Ascomycete fungi)
- Subphylum: Pezizomycotina (Higher ascomycetes)
- Class: Lecanoromycetes (Common lichens)
- Subclass: Lecanoromycetidae (Shield lichens, sunburst lichens, rosette lichens, and allies)
- Order: Lecanorales (Shield lichens, rim lichens, and allies)
- Family: Cladoniaceae (Spindles and structured lichens)
- Genus: Cladonia (Pixie cup lichens)
- Species: Cladonia portentosa (Reindeer lichen)
- Subspecies: Cladonia portentosa pacifica (Maritime reindeer lichen)
- Species: Cladonia portentosa (Reindeer lichen)
- Genus: Cladonia (Pixie cup lichens)
- Family: Cladoniaceae (Spindles and structured lichens)
- Order: Lecanorales (Shield lichens, rim lichens, and allies)
- Subclass: Lecanoromycetidae (Shield lichens, sunburst lichens, rosette lichens, and allies)
- Class: Lecanoromycetes (Common lichens)
- Subphylum: Pezizomycotina (Higher ascomycetes)
- Phylum: Ascomycota (Ascomycete fungi)
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
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