Cladia sp. (genus)
Hughes, ACT
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| Cladia sp. (genus) | Heino | 28 Mar 2017 | |
| Cladia sp. (genus) | Heino | 28 Mar 2017 | |
| Unverified | ruthkerruish | 26 Mar 2017 |
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User's notes
A few showers of rain and there are out, a few days of sun and they are gone!
3 comments
28 Mar 2017
Heterodea is now a synonym of Cladia. This might be Cladia muelleri. Though you say they are out with the rain and gone after a few days of sun - the latter is not in fact the case. In dry conditions this lichen curls up, shrivels a bit and becomes dormant, so all you see is the dark underside, which is very easy to overlook in the leaf/twig litter in which this species is often found. After some rain, the lichen uncurls, the upper surface (dull when dry) becomes a brighter green, very easily visible and the algal partner then gets back to photosynthesizing. It is quite astounding how well, what is say the size of an outstretched hand when moist, can hide when dry. When dry the lichen is very brittle, but it is pliable when moist.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.098450-35.339139
- Altitude 635.8m
- Maps Hughes Garran Woodland Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 5 Abundance
- 25 Mar 2017 05:19 PM Recorded on
- ruthkerruish Recorded by
Collections
- ruthkerruish Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Cladia sp. (genus) Lichens Lichens; Mosses & other Bryophytes
Species information
- Cladia sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1008.61m Recorded at altitude