Name:		Cladonia sparassa Hampe
Status:		Species, lichen-forming
Taxonomic position:		Cladonia P. Browne [Genus] Cladoniaceae Zenker [Family] Lecanorales Nannf. [Order] Lecanoromycetidae P.M. Kirk, P.F. Cannon, J.C. David & Stalpers ex Miądl., Lutzoni & Lumbsch [Subclass] Lecanoromycetes O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Class] Pezizomycotina O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Subdivision / Subphylum] Ascomycota Caval.-Sm. [Division / Phylum] Fungi R.T. Moore [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Subspecific taxa Cladonia sparassa forma anomaea (Delise) M. Choisy Cladonia sparassa forma asperella (Flörke) M. Choisy Cladonia sparassa forma cladocarpa (Schaer.) M. Choisy Cladonia sparassa forma crassa (Delise) M. Choisy Cladonia sparassa forma eucullata (Delise) M. Choisy Cladonia sparassa forma flabellata (Delise) M. Choisy Cladonia sparassa forma frondosa (Delise) M. Choisy Cladonia sparassa forma paschalis (Delise) M. Choisy Cladonia sparassa forma prolifera (Schaer.) M. Choisy Cladonia sparassa forma scabrosa (Ach.) M. Choisy Cladonia sparassa forma sparassa Cladonia sparassa forma squamosissima (Mart.) M. Choisy Cladonia sparassa forma tenuiuscula (Delise) M. Choisy Cladonia sparassa var. denticollis (Hoffm.) M. Choisy Cladonia sparassa var. multibrachiata (Flörke) M. Choisy Cladonia sparassa var. muricella (Delise) M. Choisy Cladonia sparassa var. polychonia (Flörke) M. Choisy Cladonia sparassa var. sparassa
Catalogue data:		Lamb, Index Lichenum p. 3
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index
Links:		Fungal Databases [Systematic Botany and Mycology, USDA] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] Index Fungorum Landcare [New Zealand] Mycobank New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Fungus Dried Reference Collection]