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Reindeer Lichen
Cladonia portentosa
Cladonia portentosa, also known as reindeer lichen or the cream cup lichen, is a light-coloured, fruticose, cup lichen in the family Cladoniaceae.
A similar-looking species, also known by the common name "reindeer lichen", is Cladonia rangiferina.
From the article Cladonia portentosa on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Cladonia portentosa forms compact interwoven mats up to 6 cm tall. It is richly branched, each branch usually dividing into three but with the penultimate sometimes dividing into two. The branching is at a larger angle than that of Cladonia rangiferina.
What it does
Cladonia portentosa is a known host for the lichenicolous fungus species Lichenopeltella cladoniarum.
Wikipedia: “Ecology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Cladonia portentosa in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 119666.