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C. gracilis elongata Fr. 



Summit of Mt Mclntyre and in Indian pass. 



This variety prefers cold alpine situations. It is usually sterile. It is 

 easily recognized by its long simple or sparingly branched or forked 

 podetia with subulate tips. 



Cladonia squamosa Hoffm. 

 Heathy ground, decaying prostrate trunks and mossy rocks. Common. 

 It ascends to the top of Mt Mclntyre. 



Cladonia caespiticia {Pers.) Fl. 

 Trees and rocks. Vicinity of Lake Placid. Atkinson 



Cladonia furcata {Huds.) Fr. 

 Ground and decaying wood. East of Brewster farm. 



C. furcata subulata Fl. 

 With the preceding variety. 



C. furcata racemosa Fl. 

 Vicinity of Lake Placid. Atkinson. Indian pass. 



Cladonia rangiferina (Z.) Hoffm. 



Reindeer moss 



Heathy ground. Very common. It ascends to the top of the highest 

 Adirondack peaks. It is variable but easily recognized by its peculiar 

 branching and bushy appearance. 



C. rangiferina sylvatica L. 

 Distinguished from the typical form by its paler color. 



C. rangiferina alpestris L. 

 Often growing with the typical form. It has the pale color of the 

 preceding variety, but it is distinguished from it and the type by its 

 dense mass of intricate or entangled branches. 



Cladonia cristatella Tuckm. 



Ground and decaying wood. Very common. It is easily known by 

 its bright red or scarlet apothecia which crown the podetia or their short 

 apical branches. In a single instance the form with yellowish apothecia, 

 ochrocarpia, was found growing on the same piece of decaying wood 

 that bore the typical form. 



