Golf tee or cup lichen ( Cladonia fimbriata (tentative))

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This fruticose-type lichen growing on downed wood on Moscow Mountain can also be found elsewhere in the U.S. as well as Europe and other areas. It is grey-green, with golf-tee or trumpet type fruiting bodies with a floury covering and grey-green leafy squamules.

It is a member of the Cladoniaceae family.

lichen photo © Nancy Miller. Photo taken 11/7/2008.

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