This is a fruticose lichen that grows on the ground, It often grows with moss and can form large mats along the ground. It is white to pale grey, sometimes yellowing at tips of branches, sometimes upper portions or tips blackening

At a glance

Habitat can be found on granite soils
Size Clumps to 0.5 m wide and up to 5 cm high
Origin Native
Distribution Eastern Australia from QLD to Tasmania
Descriptions
Distribution
Eastern Australia from QLD to Tasmania
Habitat
can be found on granite soils
Size
Clumps to 0.5 m wide and up to 5 cm high
Common Name Coral Lichen
Aliases Cladia retipora, Snow Lichen,
Origin Native
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Occurrences shown for the family Cladoniaceae. Distribution provided by The Atlas of Living Australia.

Classification

Classification

KingdomFungi
PhylumAscomycota
SubphylumPezizomycotina
ClassLecanoromycetes
SubclassLecanoromycetidae
OrderLecanorales
FamilyCladoniaceae
GenusPulchrocladia
SpeciesPulchrocladia retipora
Synonyms

Synonyms

There are no known synonyms for this species
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