[2] Pyxine cocoes has a pale grayish-green thallus comprising radiating lobes that are typically less than 1 mm wide.

These lobes are closely attached to the surface of the substrate, have granular soredia that protrude through the cortex in irregularly shaped regions called soralia.

[5] Studies conducted in India suggest that Pyxine cocoes is a candidate for biomonitoring of local air pollution.

[7] It bioaccumulates toxic heavy metals that it acquires from the air and retains the pollutants in the thallus, which can then be sampled and assayed to determine their concentration.

[11] This compound, commonly known as zeorin, is a hopanoid with potent inhibitory activity against the enzyme protein tyrosine phosphatase.