Cladonia
noun
Cla·do·nia
kləˈdōnyə,
-nēə
: a genus (the type of the family Cladoniaceae) of lichens characterized by its crustose plant body and capitate fruiting bodies borne in simple or branched podetia see reindeer moss
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Late Greek kladon-, kladōn sprout (from Greek klados) + New Latin -ia