This is a pixie cup lichen.
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| Cup lichen growing with mosses. The flattish "leaves", called thalli, are another stage of the same lichen. |
Thalli of the Cladonias are composed of two parts – the squamulose primary thallus, developed on the substratum, and the secondary thallus consisting of erect podetia - pointed or cup-forming outgrows, occuring on the upper surface of the primary thallus. (Lichens in the Pieniny)
And I've found a match for the
towering cup lichen that I posted a few days ago.
And, following a comment on that day, I'm renaming it for my private memory bank as the "Dr. Seuss lichen".
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| Lichen found here. |
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