About Cladonia pocillum (Ach.) O.J.Rich.
Cladonia pocillum (Ach.) O.J.Rich. is a species of lichen that belongs to the family Cladoniaceae. Swedish botanist Erik Acharius first formally described this species in 1803 under the name Baeomyces pocillum, and Olivier Jules Richard later transferred it to the genus Cladonia in 1877. Ecologically, Cladonia pocillum acts as a host for numerous species of lichenicolous fungi. The known lichenicolous fungi hosted by this lichen are: Arthonia epicladonia, Bachmanniomyces uncialicola, Cercidospora cladoniicola, Cercidospora punctillata, Dactylospora deminuta, Epicladonia sandstedei, Epicladonia simplex, Epicladonia stenospora, Lichenoconium pyxidatae, Lichenocsticta alcicornaria, Phaeosporobolus alpinus, Phoma sp., Polycoccum laursenii, Pronectria tibellae, Protothelenella santessonii, Rinodina egedeana, Roselliniella cladoniae, Sphaerellothecium araneosum var. cladoniae, and Taeniolella beschiana.
