Cladonia verticillata

4 Ladder Lichen at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve

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Identification history

	Cladonia verticillata	8 Jul 2023	MichaelMulvaney
	Unverified	8 Jul 2023	Cristy1676

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I am unsure of the light green bodies are mushroom, lichen or moss. Sorry! They are not very high, maybe 5-10mm max, and seem to grow along side the spikes looking moss?... again, totally unsure so would love an ID :-) Thank you!

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MichaelMulvaney wrote:

8 Jul 2023

Great photo you may like to enter it in the photographic competition by clicking on the yellow "add to a collection" star at the top right and adding to the Photographic Competition - best fungi or cryptogram image - collection

Cristy1676 wrote:

8 Jul 2023

Oh wow - thank you! I'll do that.

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Sighting information

300 Abundance
7 Jul 2023 04:07 PM Recorded on
Cristy1676 Recorded by
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Photographic Competition - best fungi or cryptogram image Lichens; Mosses & other Bryophytes Lichens Cristy1676 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Species information

Cladonia verticillata Scientific name
Ladder Lichen Common name
Not Sensitive
Cosmopolitan
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 645m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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Australian Capital Territory

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