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Pixie Cup Lichen

Cladonia chlorophaea

Description:

very small, greyish blue, rough texture, maybe some type of cup fungus?

Habitat:

this was growing amongst moss on the ground

Notes:

I spotted this just in one small place in Short Hills provincial park.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Pixie cup lichen
Cladonia sp. Cladonia


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2 Comments

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 12 years ago

Thanks a lot Kristal, I think it is C. chlorophaea.

KristalWatrous
KristalWatrous 12 years ago

Here's a website with more info on Cladonia chlorophaea, which looks pretty close: http://www.ontariowildflower.com/moss.ht...

Dan Doucette
Spotted by
Dan Doucette

Canada

Spotted on Sep 24, 2011
Submitted on Sep 25, 2011

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