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Species of Cladinae Arranged According to Des Abbaye's Classification,
With Chemical Reactions
Series 1. Rangiferinae.
Podetia with ramification mainly polytomous and with distinct sympodial axes. Tips of branchlets usually unilaterally deflexed.
| Cladonia rangiferina (L.) Web. | K+, | P+, | KC−. |
| vicaria Santesson | K+, | P+, | KC+. |
| sylvatica (L.) Hoffm. | K−, | P+, | KC+. |
| mitis Sanstede | K−, | P−, | KC+. |
| submitis Evans | K−, | P−, | KC+. |
| laevigata (Vain.) Gyeln. | K, | P−, | KC+. |
Series 2. Alpestrae.
Ramification mainly polytomous with distinct sympodial axes. Tips of branchlets straight and spreading round gaping axils. Spermagonial jelly red. Cladonia alpestris (L.) Rabenh. K−, P−, KC+
Series 3. Impexae.
Ramification mainly trichotomous; sympodia absent or basal only. Branches typically subequal; tips of branchlets straight and spreading or deflexed in various directions. Spermagonial jelly colourless.
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| Cladonia impexa Harm. | K−, | P−, | KC+f. |
| confusa Santesson | K−, | P−, | KC+. |
| leptoclada Des Abb. | K−, | P−, | KC+. |
| pohlia Santesson | K−, | P−, | KC−. |
| flavida Vainio | K−, | P+, | KC+. |
Series 4. Bicornutae.
Ramification mainly dichotomous, branches typically sub-equal; sympodia absent; ultimate branches straight and spreading; spermagonial jelly colourless. P− except C. pycnoclada.
| Cladonia evansi Des Abbayes | K+f, | P−, | KC−. |
| pseudoevansi Asahina | K−, | P−s, | KC+. |
| Skottsbergii Magnusson | K?, | P−, | KC?. |
| leiodea Magnusson | K?, | P−, | KC?. |
| pycnoclada (Pers.) Nyl. | K− | P+ | KC+. |
Series 5. Tenues.
Ramification dense and dichotomous; sympodia absent (occasional in C. tenuis); branches slender, equal or unequal; ultimate branchlets spreading or deflexed; spermagonial jelly rose-red; P+.
| Cladonia tenuis (Flk.) Harm. | K−. | P+, | KC+. |
| subtenuis Evans | K−, | P+, | KC+. |
| sandstedei Des Abb. | K+ | P+, | K−. |
| leucophaea Des Abb. | K+, | P+, | KC−. |
| signata Vain. | K−. | P+. | KC−. |