Plants of the Gila Wilderness
Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department
of Natural Sciences
Cladonia pyxidata (Linnaeus) Hoffm.
Pebbled Pixie Cup
Cladonia pyxidata is distinctive but easy to miss because of its small size. The trumpet like secondary thallus is covered with small corticate granules.
The primary thallus consists of discrete squamules. Cladonia pyxidata is relatively common at the bases of trees and on humus and rocks at most elevations
in the Gila.
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Cladonia pyxidata, photo Russ Kleinman, Mogollon Mtns., Bursum Road, May 18, 2010
Cladonia pyxidata, photomicrograph of granules in secondary thallus, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Pinos Altos Range, near Sheep Corral Road,
June 20, 2018
Cladonia pyxidata, photomicrograph of discrete squamules of primary thallus, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Pinos Altos Range, near Sheep Corral Road,
June 20, 2018
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