Cladonia pyxidata

Cladonia pyxidata
Scientific classification
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. ;

Last updated August 17, 2025

Cladonia pyxidata or the pebbled cup lichen^[1] is a species of cup lichen in the family Cladoniaceae.^[2] It is host to the lichenicolous fungus Lichenoconium pyxidatae .^[3]

References

↑ "Standardized Common Names for Wild Species in Canada". National General Status Working Group. 2020.
↑ "Cladonia pyxidata (L.) Hoffm". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
↑ 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 .

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[NGSWG-1] "Standardized Common Names for Wild Species in Canada". National General Status Working Group. 2020.

[2] "Cladonia pyxidata (L.) Hoffm". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

[Zhurbenko_&_Pino-Bodas_2017-3] 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 .

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