Scarlet-Cup Lichen
Cladonia coccifera (L.) Willd.
Also called: cup lichen, Eastern Boreal Pixie-cup, madame's cup lichen
Edibility
Edibility unknown — do not eat
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Photos
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Photo: The New York Botanical Garden. CC-BY. Source (gbif)
Lookalikes
No lookalikes are recorded for this species yet. That does not mean there are none. Many mushrooms look alike, so never rely on appearance alone.
Season
When this species has been recorded, by month, from open-licensed US and Canada observations. It shows when people report it, not a guarantee it is fruiting.
The highlighted bar is the current month.
View season data as a table
| Month | Records |
|---|---|
| January | 45 |
| February | 8 |
| March | 8 |
| April | 26 |
| May | 46 |
| June | 296 |
| July | 632 |
| August | 408 |
| September | 101 |
| October | 61 |
| November | 9 |
| December | 3 |
Where it is found
States and provinces with the most records. Check the foraging rules for the place you plan to visit.
- Alaska 526 records · Foraging rules
- Quebec 379 records · Foraging rules
- Northwest Territories 108 records · Foraging rules
- Newfoundland and Labrador 92 records · Foraging rules
- Ontario 90 records · Foraging rules
- Manitoba 76 records · Foraging rules
- New Hampshire 54 records · Foraging rules
- Nunavut 48 records · Foraging rules
- North Carolina 39 records · Foraging rules
- Alberta 38 records · Foraging rules
- Vermont 37 records · Foraging rules
- British Columbia 35 records · Foraging rules
- Washington 32 records · Foraging rules
- Colorado 29 records · Foraging rules
- Yukon 27 records · Foraging rules
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- Massachusetts27 records
- Maine24 records
- Minnesota23 records
- Michigan15 records
- Wyoming9 records
- Nova Scotia8 records
- Oregon8 records
- Saskatchewan8 records
- Montana7 records
- New York7 records
- Tennessee6 records
- Virginia6 records
- Georgia6 records
- Pennsylvania5 records
- West Virginia5 records
- Maryland5 records
- Iowa4 records
- Connecticut4 records
- Idaho4 records
- Alabama4 records
- New Jersey4 records
- New Brunswick4 records
- Missouri3 records
- Arizona2 records
- South Dakota2 records
- California1 records
- District of Columbia1 records
- Hawaii1 records
- Kansas1 records
- Wisconsin1 records
- Ohio1 records
About
Cladonia coccifera or madame's cup lichen is a species of fruticose, cup lichen in the family Cladoniaceae. It was first described by Swedish lichenologist Carl Linnaeus in his 1753 work Species Plantarum. German botanist Carl Ludwig Willdenow transferred it to the genus Cladonia in 1787. The lichen has apothecia and bright red pycnidia atop of yellowish to grey-green podetia that are 1–2 cm (0.4–0.8 in) high. The base of the thallus comprises rounded squamules (scales) with a yellow to orange-brown undersurface. It typically occurs on acidic peaty and sandy soils. The lichen has a circumpolar distribution in the Northern Hemisphere, which extends south to the Himalayas. In Nepal, Cladonia coccifera has been reported from 2,000 to 4,000 m elevation in a compilation of published records.
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Thorn Lichen
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Mealy Pixie-cup
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Common Powderhorn
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Edibility unknown — do not eat
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