Spiny Moss Lichen: Habitat

Class:

Fungi (Fungi) - Sac Fungi (Ascomycota) - Lichenised Fungi (Lecanoromycetes)

Order:

Lichens (Lecanorales)

Family:

Spindle Lichen (Cladoniaceae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Spiny Moss Lichen (Cladia aggregata)

This Photo:

🔍Habitat🔎

Thank you Sophie Green(SophieGreen) for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
The body/stalks of this are hollow. It's quite tiny with the end branches being only ~2mm.
We think the black tips (only a couple of tenths of a mm) are the fruiting bodies.
We find ours under the Eastern side of fallen Calitris trunks.

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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