Cladonia pyxidata

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Cladonia pyxidata
Cladonia pyxidata 01.jpg
Status TNC G5.svg
Secure  (NatureServe) [1]
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Cladoniaceae
Genus: Cladonia
Species:
C. pyxidata
Binomial name
Cladonia pyxidata
(L.) Hoffm. (1796)
Synonyms
  • Baeomyces pyxidatus(L.) Ach.
  • Cenomyce neglecta(Flörke) Flörke
  • Cladonia conchataNyl.
  • Cladonia pyxidata var. neglecta(Flörke) A. Massal.
  • Cladonia neglecta(Flörke) Spreng.
  • Scyphophorus pyxidatus(L.) Gray
  • Lichen pyxidatusL.
  • Cenomyce pyxidata(L.) Ach.

Cladonia pyxidata or the pebbled cup lichen [2] is a species of cup lichen in the family Cladoniaceae. [3] It is host to the lichenicolous fungus Lichenoconium pyxidatae . [4]

References

  1. NatureServe. "Cladonia pyxidata". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
  2. "Standardized Common Names for Wild Species in Canada". National General Status Working Group. 2020.
  3. "Cladonia pyxidata (L.) Hoffm". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  4. Zhurbenko, M. P.; Pino-Bodas, R. (2017). "A revision of lichenicolous fungi growing on Cladonia, mainly from the Northern Hemisphere, with a worldwide key to the known species". Opuscula Philolichenum. 16: 188–266. doi:10.5962/p.386109. hdl: 10261/239679 .