Cladonia portentosa

Cladonia portentosa (Dufour) Coem., 1865 (Syn. Cladina impexa (Harm.) B. de Lesd. (ambiguous synonym); Cladina impexa Harm. (ambiguous synonym); Cladina portentosa (Dufour) Follmann; Cladina portentosa f. spumosa (Flörke) Sandst.; Cladonia condensata (Sandst.) Zahlbr.; Cladonia impexa Harm.; Cladonia spumosa (Flörke) Zahlbr.);     
Reindeer lichen;
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Date/Time- November 2009

Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Lachung (Shikkim)

Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- Wild 

Cladonia portentosa (Dufour) Coem., 1865

Synonym:Cladina portentosa

Cladonia portentosa, also known as Reindeer lichen, is light-coloured, fruticose lichen belonging to the family Cladoniaceae. A similar-looking species also known by the common name Reindeer lichen is Cladonia rangiferina


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