swap_horiz Cladonia squamosa Alternatives

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Cladonia cristatella

Cladonia cristatella, widely known as British soldiers lichen, is a fruticose lichen with slender, pale gray-green stalk...

Ground North America Fruticose British Soldiers

9.0 Excellent

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Cladonia pleurota

Cladonia pleurota is a species of lichen in the genus Cladonia. It has an upright, fruticose growth form with branching...

Ground Acid Soil Fruticose Red Apothecia

8.5 Great

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Cladonia portentosa

Cladonia portentosa is a bushy, fruticose lichen commonly known as reindeer moss or reindeer lichen. It forms pale gray...

Europe Heathland Acid Soil Branched

8.4 Great

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Cladonia coccifera

Cladonia coccifera is a fruticose lichen in the genus Cladonia, recognized by upright podetia that may be cup-shaped and...

Moorland Acid Soil Fruticose Red Apothecia

8.4 Great

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Cladonia arbuscula

Cladonia arbuscula is a fruticose lichen in the reindeer-lichen group. It grows as upright, shrub-like tufts with many f...

Ground Heathland Branched Fruticose

8.3 Great

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Cladonia uncialis

Cladonia uncialis is a fruticose lichen commonly known as thorn cladonia or thorn lichen. It forms compact tufts of stif...

Peat Heathland Acid Soil Fruticose

8.0 Great

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Alectoria ochroleuca

Alectoria ochroleuca is a fruticose lichen associated with arctic, alpine, and other cold, exposed habitats. It forms pa...

Ground Arctic Tundra Pale Yellow

7.9 Good

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Peltigera horizontalis

Peltigera horizontalis is a foliose ground lichen that commonly grows on soil, moss, humus, and other damp substrates in...

Ground Woodland Widespread Foliose

7.9 Good

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Cladonia rangiformis

Cladonia rangiformis is a fruticose lichen with gray to pale gray, repeatedly branched structures that grow from the gro...

Ground Widespread Fruticose Calcicolous

7.9 Good

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Cladonia digitata

Cladonia digitata is a European lichen in the genus Cladonia, a group known for producing upright secondary structures c...

Woodland Bark Fruticose Finger Cup

7.8 Good

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Cladonia furcata

Cladonia furcata is a fruticose lichen characterized by slender, upright branches that divide repeatedly into forked for...

Ground Heathland Widespread Fruticose

7.7 Good

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Cladonia chlorophaea

Cladonia chlorophaea is a species of lichen in the family Cladoniaceae. Its primary thallus consists of small leaf-like...

Ground Widespread Fruticose Cup Lichen

7.5 Good

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Cladonia polydactyla

Cladonia polydactyla is a fruticose lichen noted for its tall, unbranched podetia terminating in small, narrow cups, com...

Woodland Bark Scarlet Fruticose

7.5 Good

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Cladonia subulata

Cladonia subulata is a prominent lichen species distinguished by its pointed, awl-shaped podetia, typically found growin...

Ground Widespread Acid Soil Fruticose

7.5 Good

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Cetraria aculeata

Cetraria aculeata, the thorn lichen, is a soil-stabilizing species recognized by its dark, spiny branches, playing a vit...

Europe Ground Heathland Fruticose

7.4 Good

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Cladonia gracilis

Cladonia gracilis is a ground-dwelling fruticose lichen that develops slender upright structures called podetia. These p...

Ground Boreal Slender Fruticose

7.3 Good

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Cladonia cervicornis

Cladonia cervicornis is a terrestrial fruticose lichen associated with exposed soils, heathland, and other open habitats...

Europe Ground Heathland Fruticose

7.3 Good

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Cladonia humilis

Cladonia humilis is a small fruticose lichen that grows in compact tufts on the ground. It is identified by short podeti...

Ground Widespread Fruticose Calcicolous

7.1 Good

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Cladonia glauca

Cladonia glauca is a fruticose lichen that produces pale gray to brown podetia, usually 1 to 5 centimeters tall, with po...

Ground Boreal Fruticose Grey Cup

6.9 Fair

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Cladonia rei

Cladonia rei is a ground-growing fruticose lichen in the genus Cladonia. It is distinguished by podetia that form partly...

Ground Acid Soil Fruticose Cup Lichen

6.9 Fair