''Pulchrocladia'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

fruticose lichen A fruticose lichen is a form of lichen fungi that is characterized by a coral-like shrubby or bushy growth structure. It is formed from a symbiotic relationship of a photobiont such as green algae or less commonly cyanobacteria and one, two or m ...

s 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 ...

. It has three species. The genus was circumscribed in 2018 by lichenologists Soili Stenroos, Raquel Pino-Bodas,

Helge Thorsten Lumbsch Helge Thorsten Lumbsch (born 1964) is a German-born lichenology, lichenologist living in the United States. His research interests include the phylogeny, taxonomy (biology), taxonomy, and phylogeography of lichen-forming fungi; lichen diversity; ...

, and Teuvo Ahti. The genus name (from the

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''pulchro'', meaning "pretty" or "beautiful") refers to "the beautiful morphology of its species".

Species

*'' Pulchrocladia corallaizon'' *'' Pulchrocladia ferdinandii'' *''

Pulchrocladia retipora ''Pulchrocladia retipora'', commonly known as the coral lichen, is a species of fruticose lichen in the family Cladoniaceae. Found predominantly in Australasia, its habitats range from the Australian Capital Territory to New Zealand's North a ...

References

Cladoniaceae Lecanorales genera Lichen genera Taxa described in 2018 Taxa named by Teuvo Ahti Taxa named by Soili Stenroos Taxa named by Helge Thorsten Lumbsch {{Lecanorales-stub