''Cladonia cyanopora'' is a species of fruticose lichen in the family Cladoniaceae. Found in Australia and New Zealand, it was formally described as a new species in 2003 by the lichenologist Samuel Hammer. He collected the type specimen from the

Awarua Wetland The Awarua Wetland is a peatland area of in the Southland Region of New Zealand. The site, which was initially an area of about , was designated as having international significance under the Ramsar Convention in 1976, using the name Waituna Wetl ...

, south of Invercargill, where it was growing under ''

Leptospermum ''Leptospermum'' is a genus of shrubs and small trees in the myrtle family Myrtaceae commonly known as tea trees, although this name is sometimes also used for some species of ''Melaleuca''. Most species are endemic to Australia, with the greate ...

'' on stabilised sand. The of ''Cladonia cyanopora'' is , persistent, and features sinuous, , elongated, and somewhat forms, with some parts partly buried. The podetia are more or less cylindrical or flattened, either or , and branched. They have a

glaucous ''Glaucous'' (, ) is used to describe the pale grey or bluish-green appearance of the surfaces of some plants, as well as in the names of birds, such as the glaucous gull (''Larus hyperboreus''), glaucous-winged gull (''Larus glaucescens''), g ...

or bluish hue (for which the lichen is named), with perforated axils, decurved branches, and helmet-shaped tips. They contain

thamnolic acid Thamnolic acid is a β-orcinol depside with the molecular formula C19H16O11. Thamnolic acid was first isolated from the lichen '' Thamnolia vermicularis'', but it also occur in ''Cladonia ''Cladonia'' is a genus of moss-like lichens in the fa ...

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cyanopora Lichen species Lichens described in 2003 Lichens of Australia Lichens of New Zealand Taxa named by Samuel Hammer {{Lecanorales-stub

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