reindeer moss

English

reindeer moss, Cladonia rangiferina

Noun

reindeer moss (countable and uncountable, plural reindeer mosses)

1. A lichen (Cladonia rangiferina) that grows in areas of alpine tundra.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 870:

     They passed alder swamps and bamboo groves and pale green reindeer moss.

Synonyms

• reindeer lichen

Translations

Cladonia rangiferina

• Bulgarian: еленов мъх m (elenov mǎh)
• Catalan: molsa dels rens f
• Czech: dutohlávka sobí (cs)
• Dutch: rendiermos n
• Faroese: reindýraskón f
• Finnish: poronjäkälä (fi)
• French: lichen des rennes m
• German: Rentierflechte f
• Hungarian: rénzuzmó
• Icelandic: hreindýramosi m
• Ingrian: jäägeli
• Polish: chrobotek reniferowy m
• Russian: я́гель (ru) m (jágelʹ)

See also

• Cladonia portentosa
• Trebouxia irregularis

References

• reindeer moss on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cladonia rangiferina on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Cladonia rangiferina on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons