Cladonia fuscofunda

Cladonia fuscofunda is a species of fruticose lichen in the family Cladoniaceae. Found in 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 in Southland, where it was growing on soil under Leptospermum shrubs.
The of Cladonia fuscofunda is and. The podetia are common, brown or glaucous, or, rarely swollen, at the base, and either esorediate or sorediate at the tip with soredia. The apothecia are dark-coloured. They contain fumarprotocetraric acid.