A greenish-grey lichen with small cuplike structures arising from its spreading lobes, found typically on heathland and moorland.
杯状地衣
Genus Cladonia, order Cladoniales: many species
Example sentencesExamples
The lichen flora of the bog is well developed with as many as 10 different species of Cladonia which include bearded lichen, antler horn lichen, cup lichen and matchstick lichen.
Cladonia (cup lichen) is a genus of moss-like lichens in the family Cladoniaceae.
On some of the more bare areas in the centre of the site are lichen/moss communities with cup lichens most frequent.
Early colonisers are matchstick lichens, followed by cup lichens and finally bearded lichens which reach their maximum development and cover after 10 years.
Mosses and pixi cup lichens cohabit the top of an old spruce stump.
Definition of cup lichen in US English:
cup lichen
noun
A greenish-gray lichen with small cuplike structures arising from its spreading lobes, found typically on heathland and moorland.
杯状地衣
Genus Cladonia, order Cladoniales: many species
Example sentencesExamples
The lichen flora of the bog is well developed with as many as 10 different species of Cladonia which include bearded lichen, antler horn lichen, cup lichen and matchstick lichen.
Cladonia (cup lichen) is a genus of moss-like lichens in the family Cladoniaceae.
Mosses and pixi cup lichens cohabit the top of an old spruce stump.
Early colonisers are matchstick lichens, followed by cup lichens and finally bearded lichens which reach their maximum development and cover after 10 years.
On some of the more bare areas in the centre of the site are lichen/moss communities with cup lichens most frequent.