Pixie Cups (Cladonia pyxidata), Cladonia pyxidata is a species of cup lichen belonging to the genus Cladonia. Its name derives from the Latin pyxis, which means capsule, jar, box, indicating the shape of the apothecium (cup-shaped ascocarp

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