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Red Fruited Cup Cladonia Lichen

The Cornucopia Cladonia, Red-fruited Cup Cladonia,
Cladonia cornucopioides, (L.) Fr.

Habit and habitat.-On the earth.

Vegetative organs (thalhas).-Branching like coral cladoniceform); fruiting branches ~podetia) hollow, elongated-top-shaped, about 15 to 35 mm. tall; smooth, becoming warty.

Fruiting organs (apothecia).-Scarlet knobs on the tips of the fruiting branches.

Name.-The specific name corn ucopioities,'suggested by the podetia, is compounded of three Latin words: cornu, a horn, copia, plenty, and oid, like.