Acroscyphus sphaerophoroides Acroscyphus sphaeropharoides Lev. Acroscyphus sphaerophoroides grows on exposed rocks in alpine regions (Pinus pumila forest) but rare in Japan. This species has fruticose thallus with cylindrical branches, 1-2 mm in diameter. The spherical ascoarps are embedded on aspices of branches resembling crab's eyeballs. So, it is called "kanimegoke" in Japan. Mature spores are exposed on the surface of apothecia and they are dispersed by the winds. Besides seen in Himalayas, it is, in a sense, a rare species distributed in the Pan-Pacific region stretching from Japan to Mexico and Peru. distribution map of Acroscyphus sphaerophoroides