genus cladonia

Noun
  1. Type genus of Cladoniaceae;
    Lichens characterized by a crustose thallus and capitate fruiting bodies borne on simple or branched podetia (synset 113011698)
    is a type of: fungus genus - includes lichen genera
    member holonym: arctic moss, cladonia rangiferina, reindeer lichen, reindeer moss - 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
    belongs to: cladoniaceae, family cladoniaceae - a family of lichens
    same as: cladonia

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