cup lichen
A lichen with upright stalks that widen into small cups above a base of tiny scales.
Cladonia pyxidata (kornbrunbeger / representative cup lichen)
All languages
- English
- cup lichen
- Norwegian
- begerlav
- Japanese
- Cladonia pyxidata — Scientific name; Japanese name under review
- Korean
- Cladonia pyxidata — Scientific name; Korean name under review
- Spanish
- Cladonia pyxidata — Scientific name; Spanish name under review
- French
- cladonie en coupe
- German
- Gewöhnliche Becherflechte
Illustrations are AI-generated and translations are undergoing language review.
Reference sources
- Artsdatabanken — accepted taxon Cladonia pyxidata and Norwegian name kornbrunbeger
- Consortium of Lichen Herbaria — Cladonia pyxidata has broad almost stalkless cups widening gradually from the base, persistent squamules and coarse structures within the cups
- Artsdatabanken — Cladonia thalli combine basal squamules with vertical podetia