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reindeer lichen - an erect greyish branching lichen of Arctic and even some north temperate regions constituting the chief food for reindeer and caribou and sometimes being eaten by humans

arctic moss, Cladonia rangiferina, reindeer moss

Cladonia, genus Cladonia - type genus of Cladoniaceae; lichens characterized by a crustose thallus and capitate fruiting bodies borne on simple or branched podetia

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This plant belongs to the genus Cladonia, and somewhat resembles the reindeer lichen. In some parts it was in sufficient quantity to tinge the sand, as seen from a distance, of a pale yellowish colour.

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every valley shall be exalted while reindeer lichen

DAY 22

The green reindeer lichen (Cladonia mitis) is noticeably greener than brown or grey, and often stands out in the crowd of other muted-colored lichens.

The Wonderful Cladonia Lichens of New York

Determination of usnic and perlatolic acids and identification of olivetoric acids in Northern reindeer lichen (Cladonia stellaris) extracts.

Secondary metabolites from cetrarioid lichens: chemotaxonomy, biological activities and pharmaceutical potential

I was fortunate to enjoy the 20-dish tasting menu, which majors on Faroese cooking methods - dried, pickled, smoked - and ingredients like sea urchins, lamb's heart, langoustine, reindeer lichen and marsh marigolds.

Join the flock to the Faroe Islands; LESLEY OLDFIELD visits the far flung islands north of Scotland, and says it's easy to see why Spielberg is about to shoot a movie there

The bottom of each nest is covered by a layer of frozen soil, with moss, reindeer lichen, pebbles and sand, etc., on top.

Potential fecundity and lifespan of adult reindeer warble flies (Oedemagena tarandi L. and Cephenomyia trompe Modeer) in the tundra zone of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) of the Russian Federation

where LEM = lichen biomass kg/ha (dry mass), LC = average reindeer lichen coverage percentage, and LH = average length of living part of reindeer lichen (mm).

Reindeer pasture biomass assessment using satellite remote sensing

Finally, the group approached reindeer and reindeer lichen country.

Southern reindeer folk: as far from Santa as the old herders go

Concurrently, he gravimetrically measured moisture increases of reindeer lichen (Cladina rangiferina L.) due both to condensation and by absorption of atmospheric water vapor without condensation.

Separation and Quantitation of the Sources of Dew on Creeping Bentgrass

Phylogenese relationships among reindeer lichens of North America.

Bibliografia Botanica Iberica, 2016. Liquenes

But in the cold northern forests and the Arctic tundra, caribou eat reindeer lichens (left) all winter long.

Lichens