Description: This is a greenish-brown species of wet heathy places and the fully illuminated edges of blanket bog. It forms tablespoon-sized portions of scaly squamules on peat which are orange-brown to green-brown in colour. A dab of fresh bleach (C) will instantly turn the squamules bright green. Stalks (podetia) are rare. It is present in suitable habitats in Ireland, especially in the west.

Key Identification Features:

• It is immediately separated from all other Cladonia species by the C+ bright green reaction. It is also UV+ white
• Cladonia foliacea which is also rather ‘leafy’ occurs in drier, more basic habitats.

Original text submitted by Simon Davey

Distribution Map from NBN: Cladonia strepsilis at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Cladonia strepsilis at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.