Cladonia macilenta

Podetia usually small, often about 1cm in height, cylindrical, blunt-tipped, unbranched or, at most, sparsely branched, grey, the surface powdery, often with a few small squamules below; basal squamules relatively small, incised, grey, becoming grey-green when damp; apothecia red, button-like on the tips of the podetia.

On damp stumps and tree-bases, particularly in acid woodland.

All year round.

Widespread and locally common in Britain

Thought to be fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.