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Cladonia cristatella
The structure of the British soldier lichen can be called a podetium, where the entire structure is a fruticose lichen, because of the upright branches. The red structure at the top is an apothecium, an open ascocarp (fruiting body) that bears the ascospores in asci.
Spotted on Jun 6, 2013
Submitted on Jun 6, 2013
3 Comments
Gorgeous specimen Jared, I invite you to add this and any other lichens you may have from the region to my mission, http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/3823...
Me too Mark! It was also solitary. Its amazing how something like this can appear to grow on a rock.
Nice example Jared. The ones I've found only have maybe one or two red tips. That's a classic.