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Urban mosses and lichens of Atlantic Canada

This guide is meant to assist Atlantic Canadians with continuing their natural history explorations through the year, as mosses and lichens (and liverworts!) are some of the few groups that are just as easy to identify in the winter as they are in the summer. There are a broad diversity of ...more ↓

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Mealy Pixie Cup ¹
Cladonia chlorophaea

Lipstick Powderhorn ²
Cladonia macilenta

Dragon Horn ³
Cladonia squamosa

British soldier lichen ⁴
Cladonia cristatella

gray reindeer lichen
Cladonia rangiferina

Thorn Lichen ⁵
Cladonia uncialis

Smooth Horn Lichen ⁶
Cladonia gracilis

Star-tipped Reindeer Lichen ⁷
Cladonia stellaris

Trumpet Lichen ⁸
Cladonia fimbriata

Powdered Funnel Lichen ⁹
Cladonia cenotea

Sieve Lichen ¹⁰
Cladonia multiformis

Smooth-footed Powderhorn ¹¹
Cladonia ochrochlora

Fishnet Cladonia ¹²
Cladonia boryi

Giant Cladonia Lichen ¹³
Cladonia maxima

Bronzed Pixie Lichen ¹⁴
Cladonia gracilis turbinata

Reindeer Lichen ¹⁵
Cladonia arbuscula

Pixie Cup Lichens ¹⁶
Cladonia

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Urban mosses and lichens of Atlantic Canada

Mealy Pixie Cup 1 Cladonia chlorophaea

Lipstick Powderhorn 2 Cladonia macilenta

Dragon Horn 3 Cladonia squamosa

British soldier lichen 4 Cladonia cristatella

gray reindeer lichen Cladonia rangiferina

Thorn Lichen 5 Cladonia uncialis

Smooth Horn Lichen 6 Cladonia gracilis

Star-tipped Reindeer Lichen 7 Cladonia stellaris

Trumpet Lichen 8 Cladonia fimbriata

Powdered Funnel Lichen 9 Cladonia cenotea

Sieve Lichen 10 Cladonia multiformis

Smooth-footed Powderhorn 11 Cladonia ochrochlora

Fishnet Cladonia 12 Cladonia boryi

Giant Cladonia Lichen 13 Cladonia maxima

Bronzed Pixie Lichen 14 Cladonia gracilis turbinata

Reindeer Lichen 15 Cladonia arbuscula

Pixie Cup Lichens 16 Cladonia