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]

Cladonia pyxidata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 conchata Nyl.
  • Cladonia pyxidata var. neglecta (Flörke) A. Massal.
  • Cladonia neglecta (Flörke) Spreng.
  • Scyphophorus pyxidatus (L.) Gray
  • Lichen pyxidatus L.
  • Cenomyce pyxidata (L.) Ach.

References

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  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.
  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.