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Cladoniaceae · 64 species · Page 2 of 2

In Québec, the family Cladoniaceae (order Lecanorales) counts 64 species of mushrooms. The stars? Gray reindeer lichen, Star-tipped Reindeer Lichen and Organ-pipe Lichen, the most often observed. The richest region: Bas-Saint-Laurent, with 45 species. Every species has its own page: photos, its season, its habitat and the best places to see it near you.

Species observed by region

Where do the observations come from?

  • Mostly iNaturalist : photos taken by people all over Québec, with the species confirmed by the community.
  • Other public sources : such as eBird for birds and the provincial forest inventories, gathered by GBIF, the global biodiversity data network.
  • What we keep : confirmed observations, with an exact position (not blurred to protect a rare species), that their author allows to be reused.
  • One place counts once : several observations of the same species at the same spot (within 11 m) count as one.
  • So our numbers are lower : than iNaturalist’s total. A region without observations does not mean the species does not live there.

Data downloaded in September 2026.

  1. Bas-Saint-Laurent45
  2. Côte-Nord39
  3. Nord-du-Québec37
  4. Capitale-Nationale36
  5. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine36
  6. Estrie33
  7. Outaouais33
  8. Montérégie27
  9. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean26
  10. Abitibi-Témiscamingue26
  11. Mauricie21
  12. Chaudière-Appalaches19
  13. Laurentides18
  14. Lanaudière16
  15. Centre-du-Québec5
  16. Montréal3
  17. Laval1

Spindles and structured lichens 64

Lecanorales
All2,745Agaricales945Lecanorales276Russulales170Polyporales149Boletales143Helotiales119Pezizales116Peltigerales77Hypocreales68Hymenochaetales58Caliciales56Pucciniales40Cantharellales35Xylariales31Pertusariales29Thelephorales29Gomphales27Teloschistales26Umbilicariales20Lecideales17Dacrymycetales15Verrucariales15Geastrales12Ostropales12Phallales12Arthoniales11Auriculariales11Geoglossales11Rhytismatales11Taphrinales11Leotiales10Rhizocarpales10Gloeophyllales7Mycosphaerellales7Pleosporales7Trapeliales7Acarosporales6Candelariales6Coniocybales6Entomophthorales6Eurotiales6Mycocaliciales6Tremellales6Diaporthales5Exobasidiales5Sebacinales5Botryosphaeriales4Corticiales4Mucorales4Baeomycetales3Hysteriales3Lichinales3Monoblastiales3Orbiliales3Tubeufiales3Venturiales3Abrothallales2Amylocorticiales2Atheliales2Atractiellales2Chaetosphaeriales2Hymeneliales2Neolectales2Patellariales2Platygloeales2Sarrameanales2Sordariales2Trypetheliales2Acrospermales1Bartheletiales1Boliniales1Capnodiales1Catinellales1Coronophorales1Cystofilobasidiales1Endogonales1Erythrobasidiales1Filobasidiales1Glomerellales1Hysterangiales1Laboulbeniales1Marthamycetales1Melanosporales1Onygenales1Ophiostomatales1Phacidiales1Phyllachorales1Pyrenulales1Sareales1Sclerococcales1Synchytriales1Thelebolales1Trechisporales1Tremellodendropsidales1Ustilaginales1Xenasmatellales1Unknown classification3
Cladoniaceae
All276Parmeliaceae127Cladoniaceae64Lecanoraceae34Ramalinaceae18Stereocaulaceae12Psoraceae8Tephromelataceae4Pilocarpaceae2Sphaerophoraceae2Carbonicolaceae1Catillariaceae1Psilolechiaceae1Ramboldiaceae1Scoliciosporaceae1
Rock-loving Cladonia2 observations
Bullet-proof soldiers lichen2 observations
Branched Pixie-cup Lichen2 observations
Nipple Lichen1 observations
Southern Soldiers1 observations
Powder-foot British Soldiers1 observations
Olive Cladonia1 observations
Ciliate reindeer lichen1 observations
Dixie Reindeer Lichen1 observations
tapered matchstick lichenPilophorus clavatus
Turban cup lichenCladonia peziziformis
Slender Ladder LichenCladonia rappii
Stalkless CladoniaCladonia apodocarpa
Pale-fruited Funnel LichenCladonia beaumontii
Appalachian MatchsticksPilophorus fibula
Dune Reindeer LichenCladonia submitis