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Pebbled Pixie-cup

Cladonia pyxidata

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45.3705, -75.793

Field Notes

Description:

Lichen has tongue-shapes primary lobes, a shorter fruiting stalk, and small,
rounded patches of vegetative structures in the cups and cup margins.

Habitat:

Acidic mineral soil in mixed forest, next to a lake.

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PublishedMarch 26, 2012

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