Cladonia floerkeana lichen, also called Devils Matchsticks, with bright red tips, growing on a rotten tree stump, England, UK

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Lichens are a symbiotic relationship of a photobiont such as green algae or less commonly cyanobacteria and one, two or more fungi.

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Location: Crooksbury Common, Surrey, England, UK
Photo credit: © Gillian Pullinger / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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