Name:		Cladonia arbuscula Flot. apud Wendt, Thermen Warmbrunn (1839) page 94
Basionym:		Patellaria foliacea var. arbuscula Wallr.
Synonym(s):		Cladonia arbuscula subsp. arbuscula Patellaria arbuscula (Wallr.) Wallr. (1831) Cladina arbuscula (Wallr.) Hale & W. Culberson (1970)
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 arbuscula forma arbuscula Cladonia arbuscula forma caerulescens (Schade) Grummann Cladonia arbuscula forma decumbens (Anders) Asahina Cladonia arbuscula forma subspumosa (Coem.) Grummann Cladonia arbuscula subsp. arbuscula Cladonia arbuscula subsp. beringiana Ahti Cladonia arbuscula subsp. boliviana (Ahti) Ahti & DePriest Cladonia arbuscula subsp. imshaugii (Ahti) Ahti & DePriest Cladonia arbuscula subsp. mitis (Sandst.) Ruoss Cladonia arbuscula subsp. pachyderma (Ahti) Ahti & DePriest Cladonia arbuscula subsp. squarrosa (Wallr.) Ruoss Cladonia arbuscula subsp. stictica Ruoss Cladonia arbuscula var. arbuscula Cladonia arbuscula var. mitis (Sandst.) Sipman
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index Biological Records Database (40 records)
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]