Cladonia cervicornis

Cladonia fimbriata

Cladonia murrayi

Found in alpine areas.

Cladonia floerkeana

One of my favorite lichens! Without the bright red knobs (spore-bearing structures called apothecia), this one would be hardly noticeable.

I have found it on rotting wood on the edge of the bush, and on the bark of a fallen pine tree.

Height: 2-3cm

Cladonia ramulosa

This one is always easy to recognise with its tapering podetia - those tall upright growths.

It is usually found on banks amongst mosses.

Cladonia pleurota

Cladonia verticilliata

Cladonia enantia

Cladonia chlorophaea

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Cladonia

This is a large genus, found on poor soils, logs and tree stumps. Some are easily recognisable as "scarlet pixie caps" but others produce brown reproductive structures.