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Eliza Waters 
Those little cups look remarkably like golf tees. Could the garden gnomes have taken up the game? The way the cups have combined the greens and browns from other bits of plant life is very pretty.
IKR?! I thought the same. Thank you, Linda.
A beautiful example!
Thank you, Anne!
Ooh nice. Never seen lichen in cup form before.
Thank you, Jill. The are found throughout the northern hemisphere, so keep an eye out for boulders on the moors. 🙂
I will do now I’ve seen a picture of this type, I just know it’s new to me.
This is the kind of thing I can find myself staring at for ages. So much text and detail in something so small! Nice!
Thank you, Allison, I’m with you there!
I love finding lichen… it’s like a miniature forest!
So true! Thank you, J&A!
Mother Nature’s canvas. 🙂
A master artist, for sure!
So lovely, Eliza. Where were these taken?
Thank you, western Mass.
Really interesting lichen.
Thank you!
Cool! I’ve never seen it before.
Often found on stones, they seem to like to bake in the sun. 🙂
Thought it was shrooms!
Almost! Thank you, Amy. 🙂
Beautiful details as always.
Thank you, Maria!
Interesting! I have never seen cup lichen before, and will be looking for them in the woods in the back of our house.
Thank you, Hien. They are pretty cool!
Such unusual shapes! I love the subtle colors too – beautiful.
Thank you, Lynn!
It looks like a fairy tea party!! Just delightful, Eliza!
True, 🙂 thank you, Debbie!
Fairy cups 😃😃😃 thanks for bringing the magic Eliza 🙏🏻
My pleasure, thank you, Val. 🙂
Love it
Thank you!
I’ve never seen those before but then lichen isn’t often seen here. I assume they evolved that way to hold onto moisture. If only humans were as clever as plants 😉
Absolutely, evolution is pretty cool. Thank you, Kris!
Those are cute little ground decorations. I’m with Linda, uptop: the gnomes have definitely taken up golf, but they need to spread out the tees a bit.
We saw some similar in shape, but orangy-colored called Orange-cup Fungus, (Cookeina speciosa).
Thank you, Tina. I like the image of fairies drinking from the cups or gnomes teeing off. 😉
I love pixie cup (Cladonia spp) lichens. A fine image of a dense group of them.
Thank you, Tom.
What a great sighting 😊. I’ve never seen this lichen before.
Thank you, Belinda. I was pretty excited to see such a large group of them.
How cool is that? Love that you have shared this one 🙂
Thank you, Dale, my pleasure! x
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Wow, that is a lot of them, and they’re so cute!
Yes! Thank you, Donna!
Leftover chalices from the fairy feast of the century 😀
Absolutely! 🙂
Britannica notes that “Cup lichens are commonly collected and contain a gummy or starchy material. When boiled with milk or syrup, this material has been used as a remedy for whooping cough and chest ailments.” I didn’t find a statement of what benefit, if any, the little cups provide for the lichen itself.
It may be they collect moisture as they grow on stone. Or the spores may be dispersed from them, not sure exactly.
Isn’t that fascinating. I have never seen that. Well spotted! 😃
Thank you, Cathy!
This is new to me. Very interesting!
Thank you, Rebecca, happy to introduce you to these little gems. 🙂
Love fungi.
Thank you, Flow.
How pretty! It looks like an underwater scene.
Thank you, Joanne. So many structures the world over share similar roots through evolution. Makes sense!
It makes even more sense when you think of evolution!
How interesting, I’ve never seen these before! Are they very common in your neck of the woods?
Not super common, as they like sun and we are increasingly reforested. This was in an old pasture on a stone, often found on fenceposts, too.
I love the strangeness and delicacy of lichen.
They are otherworldly, for sure.
An interesting world.
In so many ways! 🙂