Pulchrocladia corallaizon

Pulchrocladia corallaizon
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Cladoniaceae
Genus:	Pulchrocladia
Species:	P. corallaizon
Binomial name
	Pulchrocladia corallaizon; (F.Wilson ex Filson) S.Stenroos, Pino-Bodas & Ahti (2018)
Synonyms
	Cladia corallaizon F.Wilson ex Filson (1970); Cladonia arcuata (Stirt.) Rogers (1982); Cladonia retipora f. arcuata (Stirt.) Zahlbr. (1927); Cladonia retipora var. arcuata Stirt. (1888);

Pulchrocladia corallaizon is a species of lichen in the family Cladoniaceae. It was first formally described as Cladia corallaizon. The specific epithet corallaizon, modified from Greek, means "ever-living coral".^[2] In 2018, it was transferred to the newly circumscribed genus Pulchrocladia.^[3]

The lichen makes pale grey to greenish-grey pseudopodetia that are up to 5 cm (2 in) tall. Secondary compounds occurring in the lichen include atranorin, protolichesterinic acid, ursolic acid, and usnic acid. The distribution of Pulchrocladia corallaizon is limited to South Australia and Western Australia.^[3]

References

^ "Synonymy: Pulchrocladia corallaizon (F. Wilson ex Filson) S. Stenroos, Pino-Bodas & Ahti, in Stenroos, Pino-Bodas, Hyvönen, Lumbsch & Ahti, Cladistics: 10.1111/cla.12363, 29 (2018)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
^ Filson, R.B. (1970). "Studies in Australian lichens I. Cladonia and Hypogymnia". Victorian Naturalist. 87: 324–327.
^ ^a ^b Stenroos, Soili; Pino‐Bodas, Raquel; Hyvönen, Jaakko; Lumbsch, Helge Thorsten; Ahti, Teuvo (2018). "Phylogeny of the family Cladoniaceae (Lecanoromycetes, Ascomycota) based on sequences of multiple loci". Cladistics. 35 (4): 351–384. doi:10.1111/cla.12363. hdl:10261/247495. PMID 34633698. S2CID 92664622.

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