mycetophilidae

Cladonia ceratophylla

Unlike many members of the Cladonia genus with conspicuous podetia much larger than the basal thallus, C. ceratophylla has a prominent basal thallus made up of broad, branching lobes topped by thin, relatively small podetia. These lobes are recurved, with a smooth, green upper surface, and a pale, rhizinate lower surface. The upper half of podetia are covered in thin, overlapping, needle-shaped microlobules, a defining feature of this species. C. ceratophylla grows on mossy soil in humid-tropical regions of Central America and South America, including the Galapagos Islands.

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i got a cool flag!! <3 being queer and feeling weird was what drew me to fungi, plants, and the wider natural world, so i always wanted something like this :D

Here she is folks! A beautiful yellow-green pleurocarpous moss, which means it tends to be creeping rather than being straight upright and it has its sporophyte coming from a sideways bud on a branch rather than at the top of a branch.

Here's what a few of them look like (image source):

But also?? Think about the sci-fi potential of a human-equivalent type of fungus! Like you go to the tattoo/piercing/fungus shop and they give you a species that grows on your left shoulder and gives you soft red feathers.