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British Soldier Lichen

Cladonia cristatella

2 Species ID Suggestions

Pink Earth
Dibaeis baeomyces Dibaeis baeomyces
British Soldier Lichen
Cladonia cristatella Cladonia cristatella - Botany Photo of the Day


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11 Comments

RiekoS
RiekoS 11 years ago

Thank you very much Artanda. I joined Lichens mission.

arlanda
arlanda 11 years ago

By the way, have a look at the lichens mission:
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8624...

arlanda
arlanda 11 years ago

I think that the last photo belongs to Cladonia fimbriata or similar

RiekoS
RiekoS 11 years ago

Thank you very much Linda. I looked both pictures and they looked alike.
j.mironczyk's 4th picture made me think that they were cup lichen (my 6th picture), but they also look like Cladonia cristatella, British soldier lichen. So, I was wondering. Thank you very much for your comment.

Linda Raber
Linda Raber 11 years ago

The photo here is Cladonia cristatella, British soldier lichen. I don't think it's the same as cup lichen, which I believe is Cladonia fimbriata. We have a lot of both in our yard. I think I can get pics of them together along with some others in the same genus, if you like.

RiekoS
RiekoS 11 years ago




Thank you very much J. I think it is called Cup Lichen. Is this same as British Soldier Lichen? I saw j.mironczyk's spotting: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/104....). By the way, I added another picture. I thought this was different fungi, but looking at his spotting (see his spotting), I realized that they are the same fungi (first time I attached his spotting did not work sorry).

RiekoS
RiekoS 11 years ago

Argy, I added another picture. I think J.'s suggestion is more like it.

RiekoS
RiekoS 11 years ago

Thank you very much Argy. They were growing on top of dead tree stump and they were very tiny (2~ 5 mm)

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

Or the pink could be a fungi.... Marchandiomyces corallinus for example.... which attackes lichens... http://www.lichens.lastdragon.org/lichen...

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Nice spot! Please confirm the ID. I've not seen one where the fruiting bodies are so small, notice the largeness in this spotting:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/138...

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

What size is this.. what is it on?

RiekoS
Spotted by
RiekoS

New York, USA

Spotted on Oct 27, 2012
Submitted on Oct 27, 2012

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