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Label

Accession No. 06230 
Family Cladoniaceae 
Species Cladonia pyxidata (L.) Hoffm.
Common name "cup lichen"
Collector Information D. Carter  (s.n.)  26 July 2000
Geography United States,  Utah, San Juan County
Lat./Long. 37°  38' 0.01" N, 109°  48 ' 0.01" W
Township/Range T36S, R19E at 8200 feet (2500 m) 
Locality near Kigalia Guard Station; 
Climate NCDC temperatures, daily high (red), daily average (green) and daily low (blue), from 1970 to 2000 at this location.   NCDC average monthly precipitation from 1970 to 2000 at this location.
Note Latitude and longitude were derived from township and range information and may be
inaccurate by as much as 0.7 miles (or 4.2 miles if the section is not given).

Taxonomy


Synonyms recognized by ITIS (bold taxon is currently accepted):

     Cladonia pyxidata (L.) Hoffm.

Common Name(s):.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=189956, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Fungi
            Division: Ascomycota
                Subdivision: Pezizomycotina
                    Class: Lecanoromycetes
                        Order: Lecanorales
                            Suborder: Lecanorineae
                                Family: Cladoniaceae
                                    Genus: Cladonia
                                        Species: Cladonia pyxidata
                                                                                            

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):
specimen image: 06230s1.jpg

Images of other samples of the same species:
specimen image: 03151s1.jpg 
03151
 specimen image: 09386s1.jpg 
09386

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
06228 Cladonia chlorophaea      "cup lichen" same section
04494 Hypericum scouleri      "western St. Johnswort" 1.5 mi. NE
04495 Pedicularis procera      "giant lousewort" 1.5 mi. NE
04493 Phacelia hastata      "silverleaf scorpionweed" 1.5 mi. NE
04492 Stephanomeria tenuifolia  var. tenuifolia   "slender wirelettuce" 1.5 mi. NE

Locale


Nearby locations from the USGS Geographic Name Information System (GNIS) database:

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Keystone Arch (Arch) San Juan County, UT 2354 ft. N 6680  Kigalia Point 
Butts Canyon (Cape) San Juan County, UT 1.5 mi. NE 8088  Kigalia Point 
Squaw Water Hole (Lake) San Juan County, UT 1.7 mi. NW 7681  Kigalia Point 
Butts Point (Ridge) San Juan County, UT 1.7 mi. NE 8012  Kigalia Point 
South Long Point (Cape) San Juan County, UT 2 mi. SW 8327  South Long Point 
Butts Canyon (Valley) San Juan County, UT 2 mi. E   Kigalia Point 
Posey Spring (Spring) San Juan County, UT 2 mi. W 8209  South Long Point 
Squaw Water Spring (Spring) San Juan County, UT 2.4 mi. NW 8330  Kigalia Point 
Arch Canyon Overlook (Locale) San Juan County, UT 2.7 mi. N 8445  Kigalia Point 
Angel Arch (Arch) San Juan County, UT 2.7 mi. SE 5952  South Long Point 
Texas Canyon (Valley) San Juan County, UT 2.7 mi. SE   Kigalia Point 
Cathedral Arch (Arch) San Juan County, UT 2.7 mi. SE 6411  South Long Point 
Arch Canyon Overlook (Locale) San Juan County, UT 3 mi. SE 6706  South Long Point 
Kigalia Ranger Station (Locale) San Juan County, UT 3.2 mi. N 8370  Kigalia Point 
Ute Cabin (Locale) San Juan County, UT 3.3 mi. N 8334  Kigalia Point 
South Elk Ridge (Ridge) San Juan County, UT 3.5 mi. N 8324  Kigalia Point 
Hammond Canyon Point of Interest (Locale) San Juan County, UT 4.2 mi. N 8252  Kigalia Point 
Little Notch (Gap) San Juan County, UT 4.3 mi. N 8255  Kigalia Point 
Texas Flat (Flat) San Juan County, UT 4.2 mi. SE 6687  South Long Point 
Arch Canyon Trail (Trail) San Juan County, UT 4 mi. SE 5620  Hotel Rock 

Links

Taxon Links for species Cladonia pyxidata  (L.) Hoffm.

CalPhotos, Berkeley Digital Library Project

CNPS Manual of California Vegetation Database

USDA Plants database
University of Washington Herbarium: Plants of Washington (images)

Texas A&M University: Image Library (images)

Lady Bird Johnson's Wildflower Center

Google Images

External link to this species in the UVU Herbarium:
http://herbarium.UVU.edu/virtual/search.asp?taxon=Cladonia+pyxidata

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