For one with a wild imagination, this lichen is aptly named, Pixie Cup Lichen (Cladonia asahinae). I can just imagine pixies making a collection of these lichens to toast in the Pixie New Year.

Pixie Cup Lichen grows on just a few species of mosses, in Europe, North America, South America, and hard to believe, even in the Antarctic.

I’m sure happy that it grows here on my mountain, to benefit the pixies.