Red Topped Lichen - Cladonia Cocciferia

I’m sticking with the small things in life for the moment. This lichen with bright red top is apparently Cladonia Cocciferia.(I do love Internet!)  It likes acidic soils, which describes most of Sweden’s forest floor.  To give a bit of scale the long thin brown objects are old pine needles.
I was up walking today in an area without paths and without anything of great interest to see. This means no-one goes there which means it has a fantastic undidturbed truly wild environment, which is of great interest to me anyway.
The walk was 5,5 km but felt like 12 km because the going was tough and the feet had to be very carefully placed to avoid tramping on the numerous lichens, mosses and funghi.

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