365Caws is now in its 14th year of publication, and was originally intended to end after 365 days. It has sometimes been difficult for me to find new material, particularly during the winter months, but now as I enter my own twilight years, I cannot guarantee that I will be able to provide daily posts. It is my hope that along the way I may have inspired someone to a greater curiosity about the natural world. If so, I can rest, content in the knowledge that my work here has been done.
Thursday, October 12, 2017
Cladonia Bellidiflora
Day 364: I call them the "wildflowers of winter." A week of rain has given new life to the Pacific Northwest's abundant lichen population, and nothing says "Hurray!" quite like the bright red apothecia of Cladonia bellidiflora. This is our left-coast version of a related eastern species known colloquially as British Soldiers (C. cristatella). Lichen common names are not standardized like those for wildflowers, but the most generally accepted term for C. bellidiflora is Toy Soldiers.
Labels:
Cladonia bellidiflora,
Longmire,
MORA,
Toy Soldiers
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