Cladonia floerkeana

Cladonia floerkeana is a lichen. A lichen is a composite organism that emerges from algae and lives among fungus in a symbiotic relationship.

 

Although Cladonia floerkeana is considered a moss, it does not grow real 'cups'. Instead, it consists of straight match-like sticks. Like reindeer moss, this moss type bears red fruits no bigger than a match head. Cladonia floerkeana grows on peaty and sandy soils, and on rotting wood in heaths, sand drifts, dunes, and thatched roofs.

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