A common lichen at Cotter River, ACT
Identification history
| Lecanoromycetes (Class) | 20 Jun 2025 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unverified | 5 Jun 2025 | TimL |
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User's notes
Assumed to be a fungus. A small group of them was sighted high up on a dirt embankment amongst a patch of lichen. The tallest was around 5mm in height.
2 comments
Heinol
wrote:
5 Jun 2025
All of it is lichen, the brown 'caps' being where the fungal partner produces spores. Presumably a species of either Cladonia or Dibaeis.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.834559-35.533313
- Altitude 933.4m
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 4 Jun 2025 11:15 AM Recorded on
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Collections
TimL NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Lichens Lichens; Mosses & other Bryophytes Lecanoromycetes (Class)
Species information
- Lecanoromycetes (Class) Scientific name
- A common lichen Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 933.4m Recorded at altitude
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