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.
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