Name:		Cladonia lepidota Nyl. [basionym]
Accepted name:		Cladonia stricta (Nyl.) Nyl.
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 lepidota forma fuscescens Asahina Cladonia lepidota forma hypophylla Vain. Cladonia lepidota forma lepidota Cladonia lepidota var. cerasphora (Vain.) Lynge Cladonia lepidota var. lepidota Cladonia lepidota var. stricta (Nyl.) Du Rietz
Catalogue data:		Zahlbruckner, Catalogus Universalis Lichenum 4: 485, Zahlbruckner, Catalogus Universalis Lichenum 4: 540, Zahlbruckner, Catalogus Universalis Lichenum 8: 459, Zahlbruckner, Catalogus Universalis Lichenum 8: 465, Lamb, Index Lichenum p. 4
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]