 
	    LIAS light – Item Descriptions
LIASlight ItemID: 1578
Cladonia stellaris (Opiz) Pouzar & Vězda
| Characters[*]: | Character States[*]: | 
|---|---|
| global occurrence: | Africa (incl Madagascar) | Eurasia – Asia Extratropical | Eurasia – Europe | Americas – North America (incl Mexico) | Eurasia – Asia Tropical | Arctic | 
| substrate: | soil, clay, humus, turf, detritus, dead leaves | 
| life habit: | lichenized (mutualistic with algal photobionts) | 
| thallus: | squamulose (squamulous) | fruticose (fruticous), shrub-like, beard-like | 
| [th] upper surface: | grey(ish) green | 
| [th marginal and upper surface] specific structures: | absent | 
| conidiomata: | absent | present | 
| secondary metabolites: | present | 
| secondary metabolites: | perlatolic acid | 
| primary photobiont: | present | 
| secondary photobionts (eg in cephalodia): | absent | 
| primary photobiont: | chlorophytaceous – trebouxiaceous, chlorococcoid |