Lichen colonies

Credit: MICHAEL CLUTSON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Caption: Lichen colonies on a forest floor. The dominant species are British soldiers (Cladonia cristatella, red) and reindeer lichens (Cladina sp., grey). The cup-shaped lichens are pixie cup lichens (Cladonia sp.). Moss is also visible (green). Photographed in eastern Ontario, Canada.

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