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Cladonia portentosa, also known as reindeer lichen or the cream cup lichen, [1] is a light-coloured, fruticose, cup lichen in the family Cladoniaceae. A similar-looking species, also known by the common name "reindeer lichen", is Cladonia rangiferina .
[3] [4] The coloring of C. arbuscula varies between subspecies, but is primarily white-gray, pale yellow, or bright green, with darker orange tips where ascocarps are formed. [4] [5] [6] The thallus shows negative results in typical K-tests with no color change. Magnified view of Cladonia arbuscula podetium with dark terminal ascocarps.
A white stag (or white hind for the female) is a white-colored red deer, elk, sika deer, chital, reindeer, or moose. A white deer from species such as fallow deer, roe deer, white-tailed deer, black-tailed deer, or rusa, is instead referred to as a “white buck” or “white doe”.
Reindeer have been herded for centuries by several Arctic and sub-Arctic peoples, including the Sámi, the Nenets and the Yakuts. They are raised for their meat, hides and antlers and, to a lesser extent, for milk and transportation. Reindeer are not considered fully domesticated, as they generally roam free on pasture grounds.
The barren-ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus; but subject to a recent taxonomic revision) is a subspecies of the reindeer (or the caribou in North America) that is found in the Canadian territories of Nunavut and the Northwest Territories, in northern Alaska and in south-western Greenland.
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Cladonia rangiferina, also known as reindeer cup lichen, [2] reindeer lichen (cf. Sw. renlav) or grey reindeer lichen, is a light-coloured fruticose, cup lichen species in the family Cladoniaceae. It grows in both hot and cold climates in well-drained, open environments. Found primarily in areas of alpine tundra, it is extremely cold-hardy.
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