Cladonia aueri Räsänen
Primary squamules evanescent. Podetia to 12 cm tall, 1-2 mm diam., terete, tapering, without cups, apices acute or blunt, sympodially branched, axils open, ± hyaline, without soredia, isidia or squamules, corticate or partly decorticate. Cortex smooth, ± areolate, brownish or whitish above, blue-black and dying at base, often fissured or gaping. Apothecia not seen in New Zealand material. Chemistry: Cortex K+ yellow, Pd+ yellow. Barbatic and thamnolic acids or ?psoromic acid.
S: Nelson (St Arnaud Ra.), Otago (Maungatua) and Southland (Longwood Ra.). St: (Deceit Peaks). On exposed peaty alpine soils, in cushion or fellfield vegetation.
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