Biology:Cladonia pyxidata

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Short description: Species of lichen-forming fungus

Cladonia pyxidata

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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Cladoniaceae
Genus: Cladonia
Species:
C. pyxidata
Binomial name
Cladonia pyxidata
(L.) Hoffm. (1796)
Synonyms
  • Cenomyce pyxidata Lichen pyxidatus
  • Cladonia pyxidata var. neglecta Baeomyces pyxidatus
  • (L.) Ach. (Flörke) Flörke
  • (Flörke) A. Massal. (L.) Ach.
  • Cladonia neglecta Cladonia conchata
  • (Flörke) Spreng. L.
  • Cenomyce neglecta Nyl.
  • (L.) Gray Scyphophorus pyxidatus

Cladonia pyxidata or the pebbled cup lichen[2] is a species of cup lichen in the family Cladoniaceae.[3] It is host to the lichenicolous fungus Lichenoconium pyxidatae.[4]

In Nepal, Cladonia pyxidata has been reported from 4,000 to 4,100 m elevation in a compilation of published records.[5]

See also

  • List of lichens named by Carl Linnaeus

References

  1. NatureServe. "Cladonia pyxidata" (in en). Arlington, Virginia. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.125126/. 
  2. "Standardized Common Names for Wild Species in Canada". 2020. https://www.wildspecies.ca. 
  3. "Cladonia pyxidata (L.) Hoffm.". Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/VPKV. 
  4. 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. doi:10.5962/p.386109. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317217983. 
  5. Baniya, Chitra Bahadur; Solhøy, Torstein; Gauslaa, Yngvar; Palmer, Michael W. (2010). "The elevation gradient of lichen species richness in Nepal". The Lichenologist 42 (1): 83–96. doi:10.1017/S0024282909008627. 

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