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British Soldiers Lichen

Cladonia cristatella

Description:

Clubs are yellowish or grey. Tips of clubs are red.

Habitat:

Peat bog.

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9 Comments

MaryEvans2
MaryEvans2 11 years ago

Incredible, looks like something you might see on a corral reef rather on on dry land. Wonderful spotting and photos

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 11 years ago

great spot.

AlexKonig
AlexKonig 12 years ago

oh so do you mean it, yes thats true, they are for me also more moss/plant-like (paperlike) than the regular mushrooms. But still, i wonder sometimes, how did they came together.Who had invited who. (i know, every info is to find ,for this i wonder, how long they are "prefered"). i dont translate everything , but sometime i dont get the right word myself or i puzzle about the meaning of some saying.'this one translated really good in my language , the bing-trans. recognized it very well,he get the right words in german just dont get the complet right order.At dutch it is almost perfect. :)

shebebusynow
shebebusynow 12 years ago

I guess I mean that lichens have no moist flesh like mushrooms do. They tend to be thin and dry. Google translate can be difficult; I've seen some pretty funny translations come out of it. Wonder how this one will translate...

CarlosZacchi
CarlosZacchi 12 years ago

Very nice, How it could taste?

AlexKonig
AlexKonig 12 years ago

i dont get it right "translated" , what do you mean with:" although I tend to think of fungi as not so paper-like as lichen is." everything else i understand perfectly, but the "paper-like", let me a bit confused. even trough the google-translation. sorry

shebebusynow
shebebusynow 12 years ago

Our recent mushroom show had a big section of lichen. "Fungi" category works for me, although I tend to think of fungi as not so paper-like as lichen is.

AlexKonig
AlexKonig 12 years ago

hi Greg Shchepanek, would like to see them categorized as "fungi", but thats is your decision, lichen are fungi+moss ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichen ) cheers.

craigwilliams
craigwilliams 12 years ago

So beautiful.

Greg Shchepanek
Spotted by
Greg Shchepanek

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Spotted on Nov 1, 2011
Submitted on Nov 2, 2011

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