Xanthoparmelia semiviridis
Cooma, NSW
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| Xanthoparmelia semiviridis | Heino1 | 10 Aug 2022 | |
| Cladia sp. (genus) | mahargiani | 2 Aug 2022 |
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User's notes
On open ground, covering extensive area. Minimal connection to ground and breaks up easily. Pieces not readily dispersed by wind even though it was strong.
2 comments
10 Aug 2022
One of the so-called vagrant lichens (https://www.anbg.gov.au/lichen/ecology-vagrants.html). If you wet one of these it will open out, become greener and begin photosynthesizing. Then you can watch it dry and curl up again as it goes back to the dormant state.
14 Aug 2022
Tried wetting a sample. Colour brightened, and it plumped up, becoming very much 3-dimensional rather than virtually flat as when it started dry.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.128692-36.214698
- Altitude 880.3m
- Places Cooma, NSW
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- 17 Aug 2022 04:48 PM Recorded on
- mahargiani Recorded by
Collections
- Lichens; Mosses & other Bryophytes Lichens mahargiani Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Xanthoparmelia semiviridis
Species information
- Xanthoparmelia semiviridis Scientific name
- Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 880.31m Recorded at altitude
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