Gritty Pixie-Cup Lichen vs Mexican woodrat

Cladonia merochlorophaea compared with Neotoma mexicana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gritty Pixie-Cup Lichen	Mexican woodrat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lecanorales (Lecanorales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Cladoniaceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Cladonia	Neotoma
Species	Cladonia merochlorophaea	Neotoma mexicana

Conservation Status

Gritty Pixie-Cup Lichen

LC — Least Concern

Mexican woodrat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gritty Pixie-Cup Lichen	Mexican woodrat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gritty Pixie-Cup Lichen

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America and South America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (4 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Mexican woodrat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.