Irish lichens - Cladonia chlorophaea

Order: Lecanorales Family: Cladoniaceae

Species: Cladonia chlorophaea
Mealy pixie-cup

Primary thallus squamulose, secondary thallus fruticose.
Photos: On rock in garden. Ballingeary, Cork, SW Ireland.

Small erect grey-green squamules with white under-surface. Podetia expands smoothly to wide cup, sometimes with marginal projections. Podetia and cups with small, granular soredia.

Common on rotting stumps, soil, peat, mossy banks.
Chemical reactions unreliable, usually K-, P+ red, UV-

Similar: Cladonia pyxidata

Cladonia chlorophaea

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