| Author | Hodgetts, N.G. |
| Year | 1992 |
| Title | Cladonia: a field guide |
| ISBN | 1 873701 08 X |
| Type | Book/Report |
| How Complete | All British species except a few that are very rare or dubious. |
| Source | 39pp, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough |
| Illustrations | Numerous stippled line drawings accompany the text. |
| Review (by Malcolm Storey) | Glossary, Key to similar genera, Key to main groups. There are no keys for individual groups, simply a list of species entries, three or four to a page with an illustration of each. |
| Examine |  with x8 or x10 hand lens |
| Specimen Preparation | Fresh specimens best as dried lichens fade after a few months. Chemical tests used. |
| Identification difficulty | I find many Cladonia spp to be a challenge whatever book I use! |
