Lipstick Powderhorn

Edibility

Edibility unknown — do not eat

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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.

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Where it is found

States and provinces with the most records. Check the foraging rules for the place you plan to visit.

• Minnesota 208 records · Foraging rules
• British Columbia 193 records · Foraging rules
• Washington 166 records · Foraging rules
• California 141 records · Foraging rules
• Virginia 127 records · Foraging rules
• Ontario 127 records · Foraging rules
• Massachusetts 118 records · Foraging rules
• Pennsylvania 95 records · Foraging rules
• Michigan 90 records · Foraging rules
• North Carolina 89 records · Foraging rules
• Maryland 73 records · Foraging rules
• New Jersey 63 records · Foraging rules
• Maine 59 records · Foraging rules
• Tennessee 55 records · Foraging rules
• New York 53 records · Foraging rules

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About

Cladonia macilenta or the lipstick cup lichen is a species of cup lichen in the family Cladoniaceae. The species is red listed in Iceland as an endangered species (EN). While it is found in various regions of the UK, it is considered potentially threatened in parts of the lowlands due to habitat loss. Verrucaster lichenicola, described by Friedrich Tobler in 1913, was proposed to be a fungus with waxy pycnidia and hyaline conidia lacking septa. It was, however, a little-known taxon, as the type specimen was lost and not collected again. The rediscovery of the type material more than a century later revealed that what Tobler thought to be a lichenicolous fungus was instead pycnidia of Cladonia macilenta, and thus the two taxa are placed in synonymy.

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More in the genus Cladonia

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  Reindeer Moss

  Cladonia rangiferina

  Edibility unknown — do not eat
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  Smooth Cladonia

  Cladonia gracilis

  Edibility unknown — do not eat
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  British soldier lichen

  Cladonia cristatella

  Edibility unknown — do not eat
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  Dragon Horn

  Cladonia squamosa

  Edibility unknown — do not eat
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  Many-forked Cladonia

  Cladonia furcata

  Edibility unknown — do not eat
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  Thorn Lichen

  Cladonia uncialis

  Edibility unknown — do not eat
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  Mealy Pixie-cup

  Cladonia chlorophaea

  Edibility unknown — do not eat
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  Common Powderhorn

  Cladonia coniocraea

  Edibility unknown — do not eat