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Cladonia Furcata
Cladonia furcata
41.9017, -73.4735
Field Notes
Description:
This lichen was large, green, and extensively branched. It had a flat primary thallus with a secondary upright stalk, which forms a second thallus. The second thallus, which is called the podetium, is extensively branched.
Habitat:
Growing throughout a wet, mostly deciduous forest.
Notes:
Extracts from this species are able to kill leukemia cells in vitro, and may have possible value in treating cancer.
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PublishedFebruary 10, 2018
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