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Gritty British soldiers lichen
Cladonia floerkeana
Fungusstrong against amphibians, reptiles
Common
Mycelium
While active with another fungus in play, it regains 5 HP at the start of your turn (8 with two others).
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Wikapialpha version
Gritty British soldiers lichen
Cladonia floerkeana
Fungusstrong against amphibians, reptiles
Common
While active with another fungus in play, it regains 5 HP at the start of your turn (8 with two others).
Cladonia floerkeana
Photo: © Michel Langeveld (original photo) · CC BY 4.0 (licence text) · cropped
Strong against: it deals 20% more damage to them. Weak against: these types deal 20% more damage to it.
Cladonia floerkeana is a species of fruticose lichen in the family Cladoniaceae. The species produces distinctive bright red spore-bearing structures (apothecia) on thin, upright stalks (podetia) that can be variably branched. These stalks may be smooth, rough, or covered in tiny scales. The species was first described by Elias Magnus Fries in 1824 as Cenomyce floerkeana and later transferred to the genus Cladonia by Heinrich Gustav Flörke in 1828. C. floerkeana is closely related to Cladonia macilenta, from which it is distinguished by its lack of soredia and its chemical properties. Commonly known as gritty British soldiers or Bengal match lichen, this species functions as a pioneer organism in nutrient-poor environments.
The lichen has a broad but patchy global distribution, occurring across Europe, North and South America, Africa, Asia, and Oceania, including Australasia. It grows in acidic soils and open habitats such as heathlands, boreal forests, and post-disturbance landscapes, but it is sensitive to nitrogen deposition and alkaline conditions. Cladonia floerkeana produces a range of secondary metabolites, including barbatic, didymic, and rhodocladonic acids, with some regional chemical variations. The species has considerable genetic diversity, owing to its heterothallic breeding system, and its podetial plasticity allows it to adapt to diverse and challenging environments.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Cladonia floerkeana, by its authors, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
No global status on the IUCN Red List: that’s what makes this card Common.
Every Common card has 100 points, shared between HP, ATK and DEF:
How they’re shared out:
DEF 29