I was delighted to find this beautiful green lichen amongst the moss last week - I think it's possibly dragon's horn lichen (Claydonia squamosa). It has the scaly, pointy spires covered in scales.
It's in the same genus as the very colorful British soldier lichen, and very moss-like. I love this shade of green - it reminds me of smoky sea glass or the foamy green of the ocean when waves break.
To give an indication of how teeny and delicate these threads (dragon horns!) are, I included my thumb for scale
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