Cladia corallaizon
Kowen, ACT
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| Cladia corallaizon | MichaelMulvaney | 29 Feb 2016 | |
| Cladia corallaizon | Heino | 22 Feb 2016 | |
| Cladia retipora | KenT | 19 Feb 2016 |
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User's notes
A somewhat desiccated example?
5 comments
22 Feb 2016
The species corallaizon and retipora are very similar. My reason for choosing the former over the latter is because I've just looked at the herbarium collections of both species and see that some ACT collections that had once been labelled retipora had been changed to corallaizon, leaving no retipora from the ACT. If you look at the key to the species (in Flora of Australia, vol. 54) you are asked to look inside the hollow stems at what is called the inner medulla (is it compact or stranded). A good handlens may tell you which but the photos don't. The Flora's descriptions of the species says that corallaizon is "pale grey to greenish grey, becoming straw-coloured to pale brown" and retipora is "white to pale grey, sometimes yellowing at tips of branches, sometimes upper portions or tips blackening".
23 Feb 2016
Hadn't realized C. corallaizon was in the ACT. I've added a third image crop from top left of first image which shows the black tips on this one.
23 Feb 2016
After my previous comment I wondered about the tips of corallaizon, given that the Flora description said nothing about them. A look at a few herbarium specimens showed black tips, but I didn't get back to the computer yesterday to add that observation.
28 Feb 2016
Heino can you please confirm whether you think this is Cladia retipora or Cladia corallaizon. Thanks
29 Feb 2016
Michael
No confirm button shows up for me. Until a reliable record of Cladia retipora turns up in the ACT, I will use only the name corallaizon.
No confirm button shows up for me. Until a reliable record of Cladia retipora turns up in the ACT, I will use only the name corallaizon.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.355528-35.323806
- Maps Kowen Woodland
- Places Kowen, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 17 Feb 2016 11:05 AM Recorded on
- KenT Recorded by
Collections
- KenT Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Cladia corallaizon Lichens Lichens; Mosses & other Bryophytes
Species information
- Cladia corallaizon Scientific name
- Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 830m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Pulchrocladia corallaizon