(fi: isohirvenjäkälä, sv: islandslav)
Cetraria islandica subsp. islandica
Description
Fruticose lichen.
Distribution in Finland
Common across the country.
Growing form
Size
5–15 cm.
Thallus
Erect, losely attached to the substratum, dark or reddish brown, lower surface paler. Lobes canaliculate and glossy, rarely tubular, 2–10 mm wide. Pseudocyphellae abundant on the lower surface, elongated or dot-like.
Fruitbody
Brown apothecia fairly common, on upper surfaces of broad lobe tips. Conidiomata usually abundant on lobe margins.
Spores
Algal partner
Green alga (Trebouxia).
Habitat
Open and dry heath forests, rock outcrops and sandy areas, subalpine heaths.
Substrate
On mineral and peaty soil, rotten logs, rarely epiphytic (mainly on basal trunks of large junipers).
Additional information
Organism groups
Endangered status in Finland
ENDANGERED CATEGORY (International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) classification)
CR Critically endangered
EN Endangered
VU Endangered
NT Near threatened
LC Least concern
2019 LC - least concern
2010 LC - least concern
Regulations
No regulations.
