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Cladonia pleurota (Flörke) Schaerer

5 photos.
A squamulose-fruticose lichen known as the "red-fruited pixie-cup".

ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. 189944


1.  May 29, 2008.  C. pleurota with several other lichens.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


2.  June 16, 2008.  Top view of several
podetia wiith red apothecia.



3.  June 16, 2008.  Good profile view of a
podetium with red apothecia.



4.  June 9, 2010.  Close-up of podieta
with apothecia.



5.  May 25, 2007.  Topview of a cluster.

Photo 1 taken along Upper Bottom
Dollar Road.
65°  25.5' N,   144°  49.4' W
Elev. 2000 ft.

Photos 2 and 3 taken 1.5 miles northwest
of Portage Summit.
65° 26' N, 144° 48' W
Elev. 2600 ft.

Photo 4 taken on the left-limit
hillside above Mastodon Creek
opposite Forty-two Gulch.
65° 26.9" N, 145° 20.1" W.
Elev. approx 3800 ft.

Phto 5 taken at the gravel pit near
6.5 mile Circle Hot Springs Road
65°  28.94' N,  144° 40.66' W
Elev. 850 ft.