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Wand Lichen

Cladonia rei

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist. — (c) er1kksen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.

United States	2,822
Alaska	974
Canada	956
Ontario	643
Minnesota	335
New York	237
Michigan	230
Wisconsin	194
Quebec	138
Pennsylvania	121

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Human edibleListed as edible by a harvested source. This is a research trait, not foraging advice.FungiTastic metadata
Lichen growth formListed by a harvested source as belonging to the lichen plant group.USDA PLANTS Characteristics

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

Kingdom	Fungi Including Lichens · Fungi
Phylum	Ascomycete Fungi · Ascomycota
Class	Common Lichens · Lecanoromycetes
Order	shield lichens, rim lichens, and allies · Lecanorales
Family	spindles and structured lichens · Cladoniaceae
Genus	pixie cup and reindeer lichens · Cladonia

Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
Traits: FungiTastic metadata (BSD-3-Clause repository; dataset terms require verification)
Traits: USDA PLANTS Characteristics (U.S. Government work / public domain)
How much to rely on each source

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Practise Wand Lichen with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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