Bearded lichen at Paddys River, NSW
Identification history
| Usnea sp. (genus) | 20 Jun 2025 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Usnea sp. (genus) | 20 Jun 2025 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unverified | 17 Jun 2025 | joscobie |
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User's notes
laying on ground amongst grasses
2 comments
joscobie
wrote:
20 Jun 2025
@MichaelMulvaney , thank you.. it was just gorgeous. I have never seen it before like this...is it flowering??? or fruiting.
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
20 Jun 2025
Yes spores are developed and released in the disc like structures
Location information
- Coordinates 148.180842-35.815753
- Altitude 895.3m
- Places Paddys River, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 17 Jun 2025 02:38 PM Recorded on
- joscobie Recorded by
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joscobie NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Usnea sp. (genus) Lichens Lichens; Mosses & other Bryophytes
Species information
- Usnea sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Bearded lichen Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1699.3m Recorded at altitude
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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