Notulae to the Italian flora of algae, bryophytes, fungi and lichens: 11

Cladonia subturgida is a fruticose lichen with composite thallus. The primary thallus is persistent while the secondary thallus, which bears dark brown apothecia, is often absent. Despite being previously reported only for the Iberian Peninsula and Canary Islands (Pino-Bodas et al. 2012), a recent study showed that it is quite common in the Mediterranean region and that it was probably often misidentified with other Cladonia species (Pino-Bodas et al. 2020). It can be distinguished from similar species by the absence of scyphi and the presence of large pycnidia on the squamules, which are fragile with a pale-green upper side and a grey-brownish lower side (Burgaz et al. 2020). This species was previously reported for Italy only for Calabria and Sardegna (Pino-Bodas et al. 2020; Burgaz et al. 2020).