Name:		Cladonia degenerans Spreng.
Accepted name:		Cladonia phyllophora Ehrh. ex Hoffm.
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 degenerans forma anomaea Ach. Cladonia degenerans forma degenerans Cladonia degenerans forma euphorea (Ach.) Flörke Cladonia degenerans forma haplotea Ach. Cladonia degenerans forma hypophylla Mudd Cladonia degenerans forma lepidota Ach. Cladonia degenerans forma phyllophora Flörke Cladonia degenerans forma subfurcata Nyl. Cladonia degenerans forma virgata Ach. Cladonia degenerans var. anomaea (Ach.) Cromb. Cladonia degenerans var. ceratophyllina Nyl. Cladonia degenerans var. corymbescens Nyl. Cladonia degenerans var. degenerans Cladonia degenerans var. javanica (Hepp) Müll. Arg. Cladonia degenerans var. phyllophora (Ehrh.) Flörke Cladonia degenerans var. pleuroclada Müll. Arg. Cladonia degenerans var. ramosa Nyl. Cladonia degenerans var. scabrosa Flörke Cladonia degenerans var. stricta Nyl.
Catalogue data:		Zahlbruckner, Catalogus Universalis Lichenum 4: 482, Zahlbruckner, Catalogus Universalis Lichenum 8: 446, Zahlbruckner, Catalogus Universalis Lichenum 8: 610
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]