Summary description from Wikipedia:

Cladonia cristatella in languages:

English

British soldier lichen

English

British Soldiers

French

cladonie soldats-britanniques

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Parent Taxon

• Cladonia

Sibling Taxa

• Cladonia abbreviatula
• Cladonia acuminans
• Cladonia acuminata
• Cladonia ahtii
• Cladonia alaskana
• Cladonia albonigra
• Cladonia aleuropoda
• Cladonia alinii
• Cladonia amaurocraea
• Cladonia anaemica
• Cladonia andereggii
• Cladonia andesita
• Cladonia angustata
• Cladonia anitae
• Cladonia apodocarpa
• Cladonia appalachensis
• Cladonia arbuscula
• Cladonia archeri
• Cladonia arcuata
• Cladonia artuata
• Cladonia aspera
• Cladonia athelia
• Cladonia atlantica
• Cladonia aueri
• Cladonia azorica
• Cladonia bacilliformis
• Cladonia beaumontii
• Cladonia bellidiflora
• Cladonia berghsonii
• Cladonia bimberiensis
• Cladonia boivinii
• Cladonia borbonica
• Cladonia borealis
• Cladonia boryi
• Cladonia botryocarpa
• Cladonia botrytes
• Cladonia brasiliensis
• Cladonia brevis
• Cladonia buckii
• Cladonia bungartzii
• Cladonia caespiticia
• Cladonia callosa
• Cladonia calycantha
• Cladonia calycanthoides
• Cladonia campbelliana
• Cladonia capitata
• Cladonia capitellata
• Cladonia carassensis
• Cladonia cariosa
• Cladonia carneola
• Cladonia caroliniana
• Cladonia cartilaginea
• Cladonia cenotea
• Cladonia centrophora
• Cladonia ceratophylla
• Cladonia cervicornis
• Cladonia chlorophaea
• Cladonia chondrotypa
• Cladonia chordalis
• Cladonia ciliata
• Cladonia cinerella
• Cladonia clathrata
• Cladonia coccifera
• Cladonia concinna
• Cladonia confusa
• Cladonia coniocraea
• Cladonia conista
• Cladonia conspicua
• Cladonia convoluta
• Cladonia corallifera
• Cladonia corniculata
• Cladonia cornuta
• Cladonia corsicana
• Cladonia corymbescens
• Cladonia corymbites
• Cladonia corymbosula
• Cladonia crassiuscula
• Cladonia crispata
• Cladonia crispatula
• Cladonia cristatella
• Cladonia crustacea
• Cladonia cucullata
• Cladonia cyanipes
• Cladonia cyanopora
• Cladonia cyathomorpha
• Cladonia cylindrica
• Cladonia dactylota
• Cladonia dahliana
• Cladonia darwinii
• Cladonia decorticata
• Cladonia deformis
• Cladonia destricta
• Cladonia didyma
• Cladonia digitata
• Cladonia dilleniana
• Cladonia dimorpha
• Cladonia dimorphoclada
• Cladonia diversa
• Cladonia ecmocyna
• Cladonia elixii
• Cladonia enantia
• Cladonia evansii
• Cladonia extracorticata
• Cladonia farinacea
• Cladonia favillicola
• Cladonia fimbriata
• Cladonia firma
• Cladonia floerkeana
• Cladonia floridana
• Cladonia foliacea
• Cladonia fruticulosa
• Cladonia furcata
• Cladonia furfuracea
• Cladonia furfuraceoides
• Cladonia fuscocinerea
• Cladonia fuscofunda
• Cladonia gallowayi
• Cladonia glauca
• Cladonia glebosa
• Cladonia graciliformis
• Cladonia gracilis
• Cladonia granulans
• Cladonia granulosa
• Cladonia halei
• Cladonia hedbergii
• Cladonia hians
• Cladonia humilis
• Cladonia hypoxantha
• Cladonia ignatii
• Cladonia imbricarica
• Cladonia imbricata
• Cladonia imbricatula
• Cladonia imperialis
• Cladonia incerta
• Cladonia incrassata
• Cladonia isabellina
• Cladonia islandica
• Cladonia jakutica
• Cladonia jaliscana
• Cladonia kanewskii
• Cladonia krempelhuberi
• Cladonia krogiana
• Cladonia kurokawae
• Cladonia labradorica
• Cladonia lacryma
• Cladonia leiodea
• Cladonia lepidota
• Cladonia leporina
• Cladonia leprocephala
• Cladonia libifera
• Cladonia lopezii
• Cladonia luteoalba
• Cladonia macilenta
• Cladonia macroceras
• Cladonia macrophylla
• Cladonia macrophyllodes
• Cladonia magnussonii
• Cladonia magyarica
• Cladonia maritima
• Cladonia mateocyatha
• Cladonia maxima
• Cladonia mediterranea
• Cladonia melanopoda
• Cladonia meridensis
• Cladonia metalepta
• Cladonia mexicana
• Cladonia microscypha
• Cladonia miniata
• Cladonia mongkolsukii
• Cladonia monomorpha
• Cladonia multiformis
• Cladonia murrayi
• Cladonia nana
• Cladonia nashii
• Cladonia neozelandica
• Cladonia nipponica
• Cladonia nitens
• Cladonia nitidella
• Cladonia norvegica
• Cladonia nudicaulis
• Cladonia ochracea
• Cladonia ochrochlora
• Cladonia oricola
• Cladonia pachycladodes
• Cladonia parasitica
• Cladonia parvipes
• Cladonia peltasta
• Cladonia peltastica
• Cladonia perforata
• Cladonia perlomera
• Cladonia pertricosa
• Cladonia petrophila
• Cladonia peziziformis
• Cladonia phyllophora
• Cladonia phyllopoda
• Cladonia piedadensis
• Cladonia piedmontensis
• Cladonia pityrophylla
• Cladonia pleurota
• Cladonia pocillum
• Cladonia poeciloclada
• Cladonia polia
• Cladonia polydactyla
• Cladonia polyscypha
• Cladonia poroscypha
• Cladonia portentosa
• Cladonia praetermissa
• Cladonia prancei
• Cladonia prolifica
• Cladonia prostrata
• Cladonia pseudalcicornis
• Cladonia pseudoevansii
• Cladonia pseudogymnopoda
• Cladonia pseudostellata
• Cladonia pulchra
• Cladonia pulverulenta
• Cladonia pulvinata
• Cladonia pulvinella
• Cladonia pulviniformis
• Cladonia pycnoclada
• Cladonia pyxidata
• Cladonia ramulosa
• Cladonia rangiferina
• Cladonia rangiformis
• Cladonia rappii
• Cladonia ravenelii
• Cladonia rei
• Cladonia rigida
• Cladonia robbinsii
• Cladonia rotundata
• Cladonia salmonea
• Cladonia salzmannii
• Cladonia sandstedei
• Cladonia santensis
• Cladonia sarmentosa
• Cladonia scabriuscula
• Cladonia scholanderi
• Cladonia scotteri
• Cladonia secundana
• Cladonia signata
• Cladonia simulata
• Cladonia singularis
• Cladonia solitaria
• Cladonia southlandica
• Cladonia sphacelata
• Cladonia spinea
• Cladonia sprucei
• Cladonia squamosa
• Cladonia squamosula
• Cladonia stellaris
• Cladonia steyermarkii
• Cladonia stipitata
• Cladonia straminea
• Cladonia strangulata
• Cladonia strepsilis
• Cladonia stricta
• Cladonia stygia
• Cladonia subantarctica
• Cladonia subcariosa
• Cladonia subcervicornis
• Cladonia subdigitata
• Cladonia subfimbriata
• Cladonia subfurcata
• Cladonia subminiata
• Cladonia submitis
• Cladonia submultiformis
• Cladonia subpungens
• Cladonia subradiata
• Cladonia subsetacea
• Cladonia subsquamosa
• Cladonia subsubulata
• Cladonia subtenuis
• Cladonia subulata
• Cladonia sulcata
• Cladonia sulphurina
• Cladonia sylvatica
• Cladonia symphoriza
• Cladonia symphycarpa
• Cladonia tenerrima
• Cladonia terrae-novae
• Cladonia thiersii
• Cladonia thomsonii
• Cladonia transcendens
• Cladonia trassii
• Cladonia turgida
• Cladonia turgidior
• Cladonia uliginosa
• Cladonia umbricola
• Cladonia uncialis
• Cladonia ustulata
• Cladonia vareschii
• Cladonia variegata
• Cladonia verruculosa
• Cladonia verticillaris
• Cladonia verticillata
• Cladonia vulcani
• Cladonia wainioi
• Cladonia weymouthii
• Cladonia zopfii

Child Taxa

• Cladonia cristatella cristatella
• Cladonia cristatella densissima
• Cladonia cristatella epiphylla

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