A nice spot of Gray's cup lichen from this morning.
Gray's cup lichen (Cladonia grayi) is a pixie cup lichen that looks very similar to many other cup lichen species.
Most of these Cladonia cup lichens cannot be distinguished without complicated chemical tests.
This one contains a special acid that reacts positively under UV light and turns a beautiful ice blue.

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