Forest within a forest. Turban cup lichen, Cladonia peziziformis. A species of cup lichen in the family Cladoniaceae. The thallus consists of two parts: the primary thallus and the upwardly podeties where the apotheci are found.

Macro image of small pale green lichen with dark brown caps on top. Blurred in the background are many more such lichen creating a miniature forest

Macro image of small pale green lichen with dark brown caps on top. Blurred in the background are many more such lichen creating a miniature forest. Further in the blurred background is the actual forest of trees.

Macro image of small pale green lichen with dark brown caps on top. Blurred in the background are many more such lichen creating a miniature forest. Further in the blurred background is the actual forest of trees.