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Reindeer Lichen

Cladonia sp.

1 Species ID Suggestions

drP
drP 11 years ago
Reindeer lichen
Cladonia sp. Cladonia (Cladina) spp.


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3 Comments

Kadoka
Kadoka 11 years ago

Thanks drP!

drP
drP 11 years ago

There's a huge variety of Cladonia lichens out there. The ones that look vaguely like scrubbing pads are commonly called reindeer moss or reindeer lichen. C. rangiferina is the most common reindeer lichen, but I don't think that's what you have here.

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 11 years ago

lovely !

Kadoka
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Kadoka

St. Augustine, Florida, USA

Spotted on Feb 25, 2013
Submitted on Feb 25, 2013

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