Cladonia Inflata
''Cladonia inflata'' is a rare species of terricolous lichen, terricolous (ground-dwelling) lichen in the family Cladoniaceae. Found in Bahia, Brazil, it was species description, formally described as a new species in 2018 by lichenologists André Aptroot and Marcela Eugenia da Silva Cáceres. The type (biology), type specimen was collected by the authors from Palmeiras, on the Mount of Pai Inácio (part of the Chapada Diamantina mountains), at an altitude between ; here the lichen was found growing on siliceous rock, siliceous sandstone rock in a transitional forest. ''Cladonia inflata'' is only known to occur at the type locality (biology), type locality, and is only known from the type specimen. At this location the lichen is conspicuous but not abundant, and forms extensive mats with many other ''Cladonia'' species, such as ''Cladonia bahiana, C. bahiana'', ''Cladonia clathrata, C. clathrata'', ''Cladonia dissecta, C. dissecta'', ''Cladonia divaricata, C. di ...
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