The british soldiers is a brightly-colored cup lichen that's formed in the mutual symbiosis of an alga and fungus. British soldiers are named after the interesting fruit body structures that resemble the red hats that British soldiers wore during the American Revolutionary War. The red "hats", which are brightest in early spring, are the sexual fruiting structures of the mushroom.
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