Cladonia cristatella
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Description: Article by Tom Volk on the British soldier lichen, where the fungal element is associated with the green alga, Trebouxia erici.
Tom Volk's Fungus of the Month for July 2002, Cladonia cristatella, the British soldier lichen Tom Volk's Fungus of the Month for July 2002 For the rest of my pages on fungi, please click [cluh-DOHN-ee-uh cris-ta-TELL-uh] is a very common and well known lichen, found throughout the northeastern USA into Canada. There are look-alike species throughout most of the world as well. The little red "caps" that resemble the red hats worn by invading British troops during the American Revolutionary war give the lichen its common name of the the "Bristish Soldier Lichen." In reality, the red hats are actually the sexual fruiting structure of the lichen, the apothecia. But more on that later.
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