Dune Cup Lichen

cladonia prostrata

The Dune Cup Lichen looks like tiny green cups sprinkled across the sandy ground! It helps keep the environment healthy by breaking down rocks and adding nutrients to the soil.

Hábitat: Coastal sandy areas and dunes.

Aspecto

The Dune Cup Lichen has a distinctive greyish-green to brownish-green appearance, often forming small, cup-shaped or branched structures. It typically grows low to the ground, creating a textured, crust-like or shrubby mat on sandy surfaces.

ReinoFungiFiloAscomycotaClaseLecanoromycetesOrdenLecanoralesFamiliaCladoniaceaeGéneroCladonia

Dune Cup Lichen

Categoría

Hongos

Rareza

Common

Peligro

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Habilidades especiales

Dune Cup Lichen can completely dry out and go dormant, then reawaken when rain returns, allowing it to survive harsh droughts.

Dune Cup Lichen has no roots! It can absorb all its water and nutrients directly from the air and rain.

Dune Cup Lichen is a team of fungus and algae living together, where the fungus provides shelter and the algae makes food.

Medidas y detalles

Altura: 1-5 cm
Extensión: 5-20 cm
Comestible: No
Toxicidad: Ninguna
Ciclo de vida: Perenne

Conexiones ecológicas

symbiotic with

Green Alga

Trebouxia erici

provides food through photosynthesis

eaten by

Black Slug

Arion ater

grazes on its surface

shelters

Green Springtail

Isotoma viridis

lives within its tiny branches

Rasgos

Solitario

Los animales solitarios viven solos durante la mayor parte de su vida y solo interactúan con otros para aparearse o cuidar de sus crías.

Colorido

Colorido describe a organismos u objetos que exhiben una amplia variedad de colores brillantes y distintivos.

Descomponedor

Describe a los organismos que descomponen la materia orgánica muerta, reciclando los nutrientes de vuelta al ecosistema.

Costero

Los hábitats costeros son entornos dinámicos situados a lo largo de la interfaz entre la tierra y el mar, influenciados por las mareas, las olas y el agua salada.