Cladonia

Cladonia P. Browne. Engl.: cup lichen, reindeer moss. Suom.: poronjäkälä. Sven.: renlav.

Northern landscape.

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Photo: Cladonia 1.

Photo: Cladonia 1. Reindeer moss in a forest of young pines. Siikajoki, Finland. Wild. 2005-08-31.

Photo: Cladonia 2.

Photo: Cladonia 2. Two or more species of reindeer moss cover the forest floor, in northern Finland. Siikajoki, Finland. Wild. 2005-08-31.

Photo: Cladonia 3.

Photo: Cladonia 3. Two or more species of reindeer moss, made yellow by the morning sun. Siikajoki, Finland. Wild. 2005-08-31.

Photo: Cladonia 4.

Photo: Cladonia 4. Lichen. Siikajoki, Finland. Wild. 2005-08-31.

Photo: Cladonia 5.

Photo: Cladonia 5. A patch of lichen. Siikajoki, Finland. Wild. 2005-08-31.

Photo: Cladonia 6.

Photo: Cladonia 6. Lichen. Siikajoki, Finland. Wild. 2005-08-31.

Photo: Cladonia 7.

Photo: Cladonia 7. They're not small, these clumps. Here I hold one in my hand. Siikajoki, Finland. Picked. 2005-08-31.

Photo: Cladonia 8.

Photo: Cladonia 8. A sunny morning in a reindeer moss forest. Siikajoki, Finland. Wild. 2005-08-31.

Photo: Cladonia.

Photo: Cladonia. Two different species of the lichen (not a moss) that reindeer live on, over winter. Liljendal, Finland. Wild. 1996-06-01.