Asterella drummondii
A thallose liverwort at Strathnairn, ACT
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| Asterella drummondii | MichaelMulvaney | 29 May 2025 | |
| Asterella drummondii | Heino1 | 23 Oct 2023 | |
| Unverified | Cristy1676 | 2 Sep 2023 |
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User's notes
Really interesting lil things! About 1cm high, black stem and from the top appears to have four sections to which each section has the web like white mesh?. Also appeared to be living along side what appears to be little Sundews?. (I'll do a separate ID for the Sundews).
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16 Oct 2023
Not a fungus. This is part of a liverwort plant, probably the species Asterella drummondii. Below the cap you can probably make out a couple of blackish balls behind those white ribbons. Those balls are spore capsules. The whole stalk & cap structure arises from the vegetative part of the plant, a narrow, strap-like growth. Here are links to a few Asterella photos (the first two and the fourth show the strap-like growth, with no spore-capsules, and in the third you see a colony with numerous capsule-bearing structures):
https://www.anbg.gov.au/bryophyte/photos-captions/asterella-drummondii-6.html
https://www.anbg.gov.au/bryophyte/photos-captions/asterella-drummondii-7.html
https://www.anbg.gov.au/bryophyte/photos-captions/asterella-drummondii-9.html
https://www.anbg.gov.au/bryophyte/photos-captions/asterella-drummondii-RWP-6426.html
https://www.anbg.gov.au/bryophyte/photos-captions/asterella-drummondii-6.html
https://www.anbg.gov.au/bryophyte/photos-captions/asterella-drummondii-7.html
https://www.anbg.gov.au/bryophyte/photos-captions/asterella-drummondii-9.html
https://www.anbg.gov.au/bryophyte/photos-captions/asterella-drummondii-RWP-6426.html
Location information
- Coordinates 148.990613-35.233743
- Altitude 659.2m
- Maps Ginninderry Conservation Corridor
- Places Strathnairn, ACT
Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
- 2 Sep 2023 03:52 PM Recorded on
- Cristy1676 Recorded by
Collections
- Cristy1676 NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Asterella drummondii Mosses, Liverworts & Hornworts Lichens; Mosses & other Bryophytes
Species information
- Asterella drummondii Scientific name
- A thallose liverwort Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 827.99m Recorded at altitude
Record quality
Quality score
5 / 7
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