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Toy Soldiers (Cladonia bellidiflora)

Toy soldiers (Cladonia bellidiflora) is a species of cup lichen known for its vibrant red apothecium, or spore-bearing "cap." C. macilenta is similar, but the upper portion of its podetium or stalk is much smoother without the scaly leaf-like structures.


Toy soldiers (Cladonia bellidiflora). Focus-stacked composite of 88 exposures at ~3x lifesize. Kruse Rhododendron State Natural Reserve, Sonoma County, California, USA.
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