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Lichen
Cladonia coniocraea
45.8631, 15.9803
Field Notes
Description:
It is a genus of moss-like lichens in the family Cladoniaceae. They are the primary food source for reindeer and caribou. And now about Cladonia coniocraea: Podetia grey-green, slender, tapering to a point or terminating in a very narrow cup no wider than the podetium, sorediate in upper part, corticate and usually squamulose near base; basal sqamules incised, white beneath, often sparsely sorediate on margins and underside; apothecia rare, brown, on the tips of the podetia.
Habitat:
Common in woods among moss at base of trees or on rotting stumps, on mossy trunks and decaying stumps and logs. Pollution resistant, can be found in urban areas.
Notes:
There is also another link with better photos: http://www.irishlichens.ie/pages-lichen/l-42.html
Reference Links:
Cladonia coniocraea (images of British lichens)
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PublishedApril 14, 2013
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