''Cladonia incrassata'' or the powder-foot British soldiers cup lichen is a species of cup lichen in the family

Cladoniaceae The Cladoniaceae are a family of lichenized fungi in the order Lecanorales. It is one of the largest families of lichen-forming fungi, with about 560 species distributed amongst 17 genera. The reindeer moss and cup lichens ('' Cladonia'') belong ...

. Found in Europe and North America, it was formally described as a new species in 1828 by German botanist

Heinrich Gustav Flörke Heinrich Gustav Flörke (24 December 1764, in Altenkalden in Mecklenburg – 11 June 1835) was a German botanist and lichenologist. He initially studied theology and mathematics in Bützow, later studying medicine at the University of Jena. I ...

. A

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for the lichen is "powder-foot British soldiers".

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incrassata Lichen species Lichens described in 1827 Lichens of Europe Lichens of North America Taxa named by Heinrich Gustav Flörke {{Lecanorales-stub

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