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Cup Lichen

Cladonia fimbriata

Photo by sttweets
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Field Notes

Habitat:

On an old and rotting tree trunk in the middle of the moor.

Notes:

Just found out Cup Lichen don't belong to fungi category since lichens are the result of a symbiosis between fungi and algae

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Cladonia fimbriata (L.) Fr. 1831

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sttweets
Thanks Alice, that gave me just enough to search in a specific direction!

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PublishedAugust 20, 2011

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