Cladonia asahinae, the pixie cup lichen or Asahina's cup lichen, [2] is a species of cup lichen in the family Cladoniaceae. C. asahinae occurs in Europe, North America, southern South America, and …

Aug 12, 2018 · Each little cup is coated in a powdery mint-green dust that rubs off easily onto my hand. Is this the fabled magic fairy dust, or is there another explanation? What more can we discover about …

The pixie cup lichen (Cladonia pyxidata) has small funnel-shaped cups and grows about 2.5 cm (1 inch) high. Mealy pixie cup lichen (C. chlorophaea) has small green goblet-shaped cups, often covered …

Oct 26, 2021 · The boreal pixie-cup lichen (Cladonia borealis) can be found on soil and rock in arctic and alpine regions. Lichen species are an important component of the many biological communities …

The classic Pixie Cup, defined by the combination of podetia and cups with smooth corticate granules, while lacking any decorticate granules or soredia, along with small rounded basal squamules.

Pixie Cup lichens like acidic mineral soil, moss and humus. Rotting tree stumps are often festooned with Pixie Cup lichens mixed with many other lichens, mosses and fungi. Like all lichens, Pixie Cups …

Like all Lichens, the outer part of a Pixie-Cup is a fungus (like a mushroom), and the insides are green algae. The fungus creates the environment for the algae to grow, and the algae produces the food …

Cladonia species are of economic importance to reindeer-herders, such as the Sami in Scandinavia or the Nenets in Russia. Antibiotic compounds are extracted from some species to create antibiotic …

Pixie Cup Lichen (Cladonia Pyxidata) is shaped like miniature golf tees. The sprinkling of light-grey-green pixie dust between them is part of the lichen. They have a light grey to pinkish hue and a …

Pixie cup lichen (Cladonia asahinae). Pixie cup lichen is a fascinating lichen distinguished by its cup-shaped structures, resembling tiny forest goblets. These structures are primarily greenish-gray and …