In a survey of species of Cladonia occurring in high-altitude environments at Serra do Mar Mountain in southern Brazil, 11 species with no verticillate scyphi of the Cladonia Supergroup were found, of which C. multiformis is recorded for the first time in South America, C. pyxidata is new to states of Paraná and Santa Catarina, and C. chlorophaea, C. grayi and C. polyscypha to Paraná State. We present an identification key, descriptions, comments and illustrations.
Lichenized fungi; Paraná State; Santa Catarina State; taxonomy