A gold dust lichen at Pialligo, ACT
Identification history
| Chrysothrix sp. (genus) | 17 Jan 2024 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Chrysothrix sp. | 14 Jan 2024 | KenT | ||
| zzz puzzles on wood | 14 Jan 2024 | Hejor1 |
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User's notes
On the shady side or underside of redwood. Looks like it's dusted on and varies from neon yellow to pale green.
1 comment
KenT
wrote:
14 Jan 2024
Con, I will leave it to Heino to decide if it is Chrysothrix xanthina. A likely reference for this genus in Australia is Elix G.A. & G. Kantvilas 2007 Chrysothrix in Australia, The Lichenologist 39(4): 361–369. Perhaps there is a more recent paper?
Location information
- Coordinates 149.201447-35.319781
- Altitude 582.7m
- Places Pialligo, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 14 Jan 2024 10:54 AM Recorded on
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Lichens; Mosses & other Bryophytes Lichens Hejor1 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Species information
- Chrysothrix sp. (genus) Scientific name
- A gold dust lichen Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1081.45m Recorded at altitude
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