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| Cladonia incrassata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Cladoniaceae |
| Genus: | Cladonia |
| Species: | C. incrassata
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| Binomial name | |
| Cladonia incrassata Flörke (1827)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
Cladonia incrassata or the powder-foot British soldiers cup lichen[2] is a species of cup lichen in the family Cladoniaceae. Found in Europe and North America, it was formally described as a new species in 1828 by German botanist Heinrich Gustav Flörke. A colloquial name for the lichen is "powder-foot British soldiers".[3]