''Cladia beaugleholei'' is a

lichen A lichen ( , ) is a hybrid colony (biology), colony of algae or cyanobacteria living symbiotically among hypha, filaments of multiple fungus species, along with yeasts and bacteria embedded in the cortex or "skin", in a mutualism (biology), m ...

in the family

Cladoniaceae The Cladoniaceae are a family of lichen-forming fungi in the order Lecanorales, comprising about 560 species distributed amongst 18 genera. This family is one of the largest among lichen-forming fungi and is globally distributed, from Arctic t ...

found in Australia. It was first described as ''Heterodea beaugleholei'' in 1978 by Rex Filson, from a specimen collected from forest soil in

New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...

. The species epithet honours

Alexander Clifford Beauglehole Alexander Clifford "Cliff" Beauglehole (26 August 1920 – 19 January 2002) was an Australian farmer, botanist, plant collector and naturalist. Life Beauglehole was born in Gorae West, a locality near Portland in the Shire of Glenelg, of so ...

. It was reassigned to the genus ''

Cladia ''Cladia'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Cladoniaceae. ''Cladia'' species have a crustose or (scaly) primary thallus and a fruticose, secondary thallus, often referred to as pseudopodetium. The type species of the genus, ''Cla ...

'' by Sittiporn Parnmen and H. Thorsten Lumbsch in 2012. Under the ''

Nature Conservation Act The ''Nature Conservation Act 1992'' is an act of the Parliament of Queensland, Australia, that, together with subordinate legislation, provides for the legislative protection of Queensland's threatened biota. As originally published, it prov ...

1992'' of Queensland, its Queensland conservation status is of "Least Concern".

References

External links

What is a lichen?, Australian National Botanical Garden
{{Taxonbar, from=Q21247953 , from2=Q105494728 beaugleholei Lichen species Lichens of Australia Lichens described in 1978 Taxa named by Rex Bertram Filson