Name:		Cladonia pityrea Fr. apud Vain., Monogr. 2 (1894) page 349
Accepted name:		Cladonia ramulosa (With.) J.R. Laundon
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 pityrea forma cladomorpha Flörke Cladonia pityrea forma dilacerata Anders Cladonia pityrea forma hololepis Flörke Cladonia pityrea forma macrocephala Asahina Cladonia pityrea forma pityrea Cladonia pityrea forma scyphifera (Delise) Vain. Cladonia pityrea forma sorediosa anon. Cladonia pityrea forma squamulifera anon. Cladonia pityrea forma subacuta Vain. Cladonia pityrea forma subuliformis Vain. Cladonia pityrea subsp. gracilenta (Nyl.) Abbayes Cladonia pityrea subsp. pityrea Cladonia pityrea subsp. polyphylla (Mont. & Bosch) Abbayes Cladonia pityrea var. hololepis Cladonia pityrea var. javanica (Hepp) Zahlbr. Cladonia pityrea var. junghuhniana (Mont. & Bosch) Zahlbr. Cladonia pityrea var. phyllopoda Vain. Cladonia pityrea var. pityrea Cladonia pityrea var. subareolata Vain. Cladonia pityrea var. verruculosa Vain. Cladonia pityrea var. zwackhii Vain.
Catalogue data:		Zahlbruckner, Catalogus Universalis Lichenum 4: 566, Zahlbruckner, Catalogus Universalis Lichenum 8: 466
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]