Irish lichens

Cladonia fimbriata 		Order: Lecanorales       Family: Cladoniaceae

Species: Cladonia fimbriata

Primary thalluse squamulose, secondary thallus fruticose.
UK photos

Incised, sometimes sorediate squamules. Podetia with smooth slender stalks which open into cups shaped like minature golf-tee's. Cups and stalks covered with very fine grey-greenish soredia.

Common on disturbed earth, rotting wood, walls and banks.
K-, P+ rust-red, UV-


Cladonia fimbriata
Cladonia fimbriata.

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