Cladonia pyxidata
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Cladonia pyxidata , also known as real cuplichen, is a very variable lichen from the genus Cladonia , which can be greyish green to greyish brown and usually forms quite wide cup-shaped structures on a short stem. The podiums are mostly gray. In sunny places these can also be brownish. The only max. The 1.5 cm long stem gradually turns into a cup up to 8 mm wide. The rim of the cup is decorated with small, dark brown pycnidia . There are also basal, small leaflet-like, dense structures that are usually somewhat rolled up and are also gray-greenish. The formation of apothecaries is relatively rare. These are usually stalked and brownish.
The species colonizes soil, humus, rotten wood, but also stones and dry rocks. It is a common and widespread lichen throughout Europe. In general, the true cup lichen is one of the most common species of the genus Cladonia .
Medical use
The cup lichen was used as a herb against whooping cough and fever.
literature
- Volkmar Wirth , Ruprecht Düll : Color Atlas of Lichen and Moss. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-8001-3517-5 .
