Pixie-cup Lichen - Cladonia fimbriata

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Pixie-cup Lichen - Cladonia fimbriata

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BrianCambs Active Member Registered: November 2009 Location: Cambridgeshire; also regularly in Yorkshire Posts: 33	Thetford Warren Lodge, Breckland
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	Keywords: Cladonia lichen heathland cups
	Camera Information: Nikon D40X, 60mm Nikkor micro lens, SB600 flash and reflector
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AlanS
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Registered: May 2007
Location: Renfrewshire, W. Scotland
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Fri December 4, 2009 1:26pm

Hmmmm. Please forgive me for being a little doubtful on this one, but the cups are not as abruptly tapered as in typical C. fimbriata. Also they have decorticated areas and, if the cups that are proliferating from the margins are the same thing, which from the photographs they seem to be, then C. fimbriata should not be doing this.

Separation of C. fimbriata and C. chlorophaea can be very difficult at times, but in my own view, this is more likely to be C. chlorophaea.

Alan

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