Image of cup lichen

Description:

Habitat: Mixed wood, mainly Picea abies, Fagus sylvatica, humid place, in half-shade, exposed to direct rain, precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6-8 deg C, elevation 960 m (3.100 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: rotten Picea abies stump, S oriented Ref.: Wirth, Die Flechten Baden-Wuerttembers, Ulmer, Vol.1. p322 Brodo, Sharnoff, Sharnof, Lichens of North America, Yale Uni. Press, p247