BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Hodgetts, N.G., 1992

Cladonia: a field guide

Glossary, Key to similar genera, Key to main groups. There are no keys for individual groups, simply a list of species entries, three or four to a page with an illustration of each.

Publisher Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough (JNCC)
Pages 39
ISBN 1 873701 08 X
Coverage All British species except a few that are very rare or dubious.
Illustrations Numerous stippled line drawings accompany the text.
Identify With x8 or x10 hand lens.
Specimen Prep. Fresh specimens best as dried lichens fade after a few months. Chemical tests used.
Difficulty I find many Cladonia spp to be a challenge whatever book I use!.

Malcolm Storey

Taxonomic Scope

Cladonia P. Browne, 1756 (a genus of lichens) Identification Current

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