




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.
生息地: Coastal sandy areas and dunes.
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.





カテゴリ
菌類レア度
Common
危険度
0/5 · 危険なし
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Arctic reindeer eat lots of lichen to stay healthy during winter!
Lichens are like tiny weather stations, super sensitive to clean or dirty air.
Some lichens grow so slowly, they can be hundreds of years old!
They are nature's tiny pioneers, helping break down rocks to make new soil.
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.
Trebouxia erici
provides food through photosynthesis

Arion ater
grazes on its surface
Isotoma viridis
lives within its tiny branches
危険度
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まだ特別な安全上の注意はありません。
1-5 cm
5-20 cm
いいえ
なし
多年生
Coastal sandy areas and dunes.
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