Australian Biological Resources Study
Recent Lichen Photographs
NEW SOUTH WALES: Morton National Park, near Nerriga, Southern Tablelands, April 2014 (Photos: P.M.McCarthy; Det.: J.A.Elix)
1. Anzia minor
3. Cladia inflata and C. retipora
4. Cladia (formerly Heterodea) muelleri
12. Parmelinopsis neodamaziana
13. Parmelinopsis subfatiscens
16. Thysanothecium scutellatum
17. Xanthoparmelia antleriformis
18. Xanthoparmelia antleriformis
23. Xanthoparmelia imitatricoides
24. Xanthoparmelia imitatricoides
27. Xanthoparmelia streimannii
28. Xanthoparmelia streimannii
NEW SOUTH WALES: lichens from Orange and Dubbo, April 2014 (Photos: P.M.McCarthy; Det.: J.A.Elix & P.M.McCarthy)
1. Acarospora citrina [roadside outcrop near Brocklehurst, N of Dubbo]
2. Acarospora citrina [roadside outcrop near Brocklehurst, N of Dubbo]
3. Caloplaca aff. dahlii [Goonoo Natl Park, N of Dubbo]
4. Cladia (formerly Heterodea) beaugleholei [Goonoo Natl Park, N of Dubbo]
5. carpet of Cladia corallaizon [Goonoo Natl Park, N of Dubbo]
6. Cladia corallaizon [Goonoo Natl Park, N of Dubbo]
7. Cladia corallaizon [lobe apices with apothecia; Goonoo Natl Park, N of Dubbo]
8. Cladia (formerly Heterodea) muelleri [Goonoo Natl Park, N of Dubbo]
9. Lecidea ochroleuca [roadside outcrop near Brocklehurst, N of Dubbo]
10. Pertusaria georgeana var. goonooensis [Goonoo Natl Park, N of Dubbo]
11. Teloschistes sieberianus [Coolbaggie Nature Reserve, N of Dubbo]
12. Teloschistes sieberianus [Coolbaggie Nature Reserve, N of Dubbo]
13. Xanthoparmelia adusta [Goobang Natl Park, SSW of Dubbo]
14. Xanthoparmelia adusta [Goobang Natl Park, SSW of Dubbo]
15. Xanthoparmelia metastrigosa [Mt Canobolas summit, near Orange]
16. Xanthoparmelia metastrigosa [Mt Canobolas summit, near Orange]
17. Xanthoparmelia parviloba [Mt Canobolas summit, near Orange]
18. Xanthoparmelia parviloba [Mt Canobolas summit, near Orange]
19. Xanthoparmelia sulcifera [Mt Canobolas summit, near Orange]
20. Xanthoparmelia willisii [Mt Canobolas summit, near Orange]
21. Xanthoparmelia willisii [Mt Canobolas summit, near Orange]
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY: lichens of alpine granite and peat at Mount Bimberi, Mount Murray, Mount Scabby and Sentry Box Mountain. Bush Blitz Survey, December 2013 (Photos: P.M.McCarthy; Det.: P.M.McCarthy & J.A.Elix)
1. Snowgums (Eucalyptus pauciflora) [Mt Bimberi summit]
2. Snowgums (Eucalyptus pauciflora) [Mt Bimberi summit]
3. Approaching the summit of Sentry Box Mtn
4. Bushfire: Granite outcrop showing the extent of damage by bushfire below a diverse and luxuriant lichen community (dotted line) [Mt Bimberi]
5. Bushfire: Close-up of previous showing slow recovery of lichens at the interface of burnt (below) and unburnt rock surfaces. Black colonies – Xanthoparmelia stygioides; yellowish green colonies – Rhizocarpon geographicum; grey colonies – Fuscidea australis [Mt Bimberi]
6. Alpine shrub, Melicytus angustifolius (Violaceae) overgrown by the lichen Usnea subalpina [Mt Bimberi summit]
7. Pseudephebe pubescens (black) and Xanthoparmelia xanthomelaena (grey) [Mt Bimberi summit]
8. Rhizocarpon geographicum on a boulder [Mt Murray summit]
9. Teloschistes fasciculatus on a boulder [Mt Murray]
10. Thamnolia vermicularis on shallow peat [Sentry Box Mtn]
11. Cladia aggregata on shallow peat [Sentry Box Mtn]
12. Xanthoparmelia stygioides (A) on granite. With Umbilicaria cylindrica (B), Fuscidea australis (C), Rhizocarpon geographicum (D) and Rhizocarpon aff. grande (E) [Mt Murray]
13. Xanthoparmelia metamorphosa on an outcrop [Mt Scabby]
14. Umbilicaria subglabra on granite [Sentry Box Mtn]
15. Candelariella vitellina (yellow) and Xanthoparmelia sp. (lobed) on an outcrop with a grey background of crustose lichen [Mt Bimberi summit]
16. Lecidea diducens on a granite outcrop [Mt Bimberi]
17. Usnea sp. (shrubby) and Tephromela atra (below, a white crust with black apothecial discs) on a cliff face [Mt Bimberi summit]
18. Buellia homophylia (black and white crust) on a boulder [Mt Murray]
19. Umbilicaria subglabra [Sentry Box Mtn]
20. Xanthoparmelia subprolixa [Mt Murray]
21. Lichen mosaic on a granite boulder [Mt Bimberi summit]
SOUTH AUSTRALIA, seashore granite and cliff-top limestone at Corny Point, Yorke Peninsula, April 2013 (Photos: P.M.McCarthy; Det.: J.A.Elix, P.M.McCarthy & G.Kantvilas)
3. Caloplaca gallowayi and Xanthoparmelia brattii
4. Caloplaca gallowayi, Xanthoparmelia brattii and Catillaria austrolittoralis
5. Catillaria austrolittoralis and Caloplaca sp.
8. Rinodinella fertilis and Caloplaca sp.
9. Rinodinella fertilis and Caloplaca sp.
10. Verrucaria nigrescens (above) and Lecanora sphaerospora
SOUTH AUSTRALIA, mallee scrub at Brookfield Conservation Park, W of Blanchetown, April 2013 (Photos: P.M.McCarthy; Det.: J.A.Elix)
4. Placidium squamulosum (darker squamules with black pycnidia) & Toninia ?aromatica (paler squamules with black apothecia) [Det.: P.M.McCarthy]
6. Psora decipiens [apothecia on the margins of squamules]
8. Xanthoparmelia convoluta [close-up]
10. Xanthoparmelia pumila [lobes]
11. Xanthoparmelia pumila [lobules]
12. Xanthoparmelia pumila [lobules with pycnidia and apothecia]
13. Xanthoparmelia semiviridis
14. Xanthoparmelia semiviridis [close-up]
QUEENSLAND, Magnetic Island, August 2012 (Photos: P.M.McCarthy)
1. Pyrenula ochraceoflava [Geoffrey Bay, E end]
2. Pyrenula ochraceoflava [Geoffrey Bay, E end]
3. Cratiria obscurior [Geoffrey Bay, E end]
4. Cratiria obscurior [Geoffrey Bay, E end]
5. Pyxine sp. [Geoffrey Bay, E end]
6. Pyxine sp. [Geoffrey Bay, E end]
7. Lichen mosaic [Geoffrey Bay, E end]
10. Xanthoparmelia sp. [Alma Bay]
11. Xanthoparmelia sp. [Alma Bay]
12. Buellia sp. [Arcadia–Nelly Bay track]
13. Parmotrema sp. [Arcadia–Nelly Bay track]
14. Parmotrema sp. [Arcadia–Nelly Bay track]
15. Lichen mosaic [Arcadia–Nelly Bay track]
16. Caloplaca sp. [Arcadia–Nelly Bay track]
17. Caloplaca sp. [Arcadia–Nelly Bay track]
18. Buellia sp. [Arcadia–Nelly Bay track]
19. Buellia sp. [Arcadia–Nelly Bay track]
20. Pertusaria hypoxantha [Arcadia–Nelly Bay track]
21. Pertusaria subventosa [Arcadia–Nelly Bay track; det. J.A.Elix]
22. Pertusaria subventosa [Arcadia–Nelly Bay track; det. J.A.Elix]
23. Lichen mosaic [Arcadia–Nelly Bay track]
24. Hypotrachyna sp. [Arcadia–Nelly Bay track]
25. Hypotrachyna sp. [Arcadia–Nelly Bay track]
26. Trypethelium sp. [Arcadia–Nelly Bay track]
27. Trypethelium sp. [Arcadia–Nelly Bay track]
28. Xanthoparmelia sp. [Arcadia–Nelly Bay track]
29. Xanthoparmelia sp. [Arcadia–Nelly Bay track]
30. Xanthoparmelia sp. [Arcadia–Nelly Bay track]
31. Xanthoparmelia sp. [Arcadia–Nelly Bay track]
32. Parmotrema sp. [Arcadia–Nelly Bay track]
33. Parmotrema sp. [Arcadia–Nelly Bay track]
34. Cresponea sp. [Arcadia–Nelly Bay track]
35. Cresponea sp. [Arcadia–Nelly Bay track]
36. Tephromela sp. [Arcadia–Nelly Bay track]
37. Parmotrema tinctorum [Arcadia–Nelly Bay track]
38. Parmotrema tinctorum [Arcadia–Nelly Bay track]
39. Pyxine sp. [Arcadia–Nelly Bay track]
40. Pyxine sp. [Arcadia–Nelly Bay track]
41. Dirinaria sp. [Arcadia–Nelly Bay track; det. J.A.Elix]
42. Lichen crust [Arcadia–Nelly Bay track]
43. Pertusaria hypoxantha [Arcadia–Nelly Bay track; det. J.A.Elix]
44. Pertusaria hypoxantha [Arcadia–Nelly Bay track; det. J.A.Elix]
45. Parmotrema sp. [Arcadia–Nelly Bay track]
46. Parmotrema sp. [Arcadia–Nelly Bay track]
47. Tephromela sp. [Arcadia–Nelly Bay track]
48. Leptogium sp. [Arcadia–Nelly Bay track]
49. Leptogium sp. [Arcadia–Nelly Bay track]
50. Pertusaria subventosa [Arcadia–Nelly Bay track; det. J.A.Elix]
51. Pertusaria subventosa [Arcadia–Nelly Bay track; det. J.A.Elix]
52. Pannaria sp. [Arcadia–Nelly Bay track]
53. Lichen crust [Arcadia–Nelly Bay track]
54. Corticolous lichen mosaic [Arcadia–Nelly Bay track]
55. Pyxine sp. [Arcadia–Nelly Bay track; det. J.A.Elix]
56. Tephromela sp. [Arcadia–Nelly Bay track]
57. Pertusaria xanthoplaca on boulders [Sphinx Track, Arcadia]
58. Pertusaria xanthoplaca [Sphinx Track, Arcadia]
59. Pertusaria hypoxantha [Sphinx Track, Arcadia]
60. Pertusaria hypoxantha [Sphinx Track, Arcadia]
61. Pertusaria xanthoplaca [Sphinx Track, Arcadia]
62. Lecidea sp. [Sphinx Track, Arcadia]
63. Pertusaria subventosa [Sphinx Track, Arcadia; det. J.A.Elix]
64. Hypotrachyna sp. [Sphinx Track, Arcadia]
65. Hypotrachyna sp. [Sphinx Track, Arcadia]
66. Pyxine sp. [Sphinx Track, Arcadia]
67. Xanthoparmelia sp. [Sphinx Track, Arcadia]
68. Dirinaria sp. [Sphinx Track, Arcadia]
69. Dirinaria sp. [Sphinx Track, Arcadia]
70. Lecanora sp. [Sphinx Track, Arcadia; det. J.A.Elix]
71. Lecanora sp. [Sphinx Track, Arcadia; det. J.A.Elix]
72. Pyxine sp. [Sphinx Track, Arcadia; det. J.A.Elix]
73. Pyxine sp. [Sphinx Track, Arcadia; det. J.A.Elix]
74. Coccocarpia palmicola [Sphinx Track, Arcadia; det. J.A.Elix]
75. Coccocarpia palmicola [Sphinx Track, Arcadia; det. J.A.Elix]
76. Lichen mosaic [Sphinx Track, Arcadia]
77. Pertusaria subventosa [Sphinx Track, Arcadia; det. J.A.Elix]
78. Buellia sp. [Sphinx Track, Arcadia]
79. Graphis sp. [Sphinx Track, Arcadia]
80. Graphis sp. [Sphinx Track, Arcadia]
81. Lecanora sp. [Sphinx Track, Arcadia]
82. Glyphis scyphulifera [Sphinx Track, Arcadia]
83. Glyphis scyphulifera [Sphinx Track, Arcadia]
84. Pertusaria sp. [Sphinx Track, Arcadia]
85. Pertusaria sp. [Sphinx Track, Arcadia]
88. Pertusaria sp. [Young Bay]
89. Trypethelium sp. [Young Bay]
90. Trypethelium sp. [Young Bay]
NEW SOUTH WALES, Tallaganda National Park, Parkers Gap, December 2010 (Photos: P.M.McCarthy; Det.: J.A.Elix)
Looking NE from Rocky Pic
Collema leucocarpum [lobes and apothecia]
Collema subconveniens [lobes and apothecia]
Hypogymnia tubularis [apothecia]
Leptogium coralloideum [lobes and isidia]
Lobaria scrobiculata [lobes and soralia]
Menegazzia sp. [lobes with perforations, apothecia and pycnidia (minute black dots)]
Menegazzia sp. [apothecia]
Pannaria farinosa [lobes and apothecia]
Pannaria farinosa [lobes with marginal soralia]
Pannaria farinosa [lobes and apothecia]
Parmelia signifera [lobes with white pseudocyphellae]
Parmelia tenuirima [apothecia]
Pseudocyphellaria neglecta [lobe with clusters of phyllidia]
Pseudocyphellaria granulata [dry]
Pseudocyphellaria granulata [dry; lobes with soralia; undersides with pseudocyphellae]
Pseudocyphellaria granulata [wet]
Pseudocyphellaria granulata [dry; marginal soralia]
Pseudocyphellaria granulata [wet; lobes with soralia]
Xanthoparmelia furcata [forked lobes]
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY, Aranda Bushland, October 2010 (Photos: P.M.McCarthy; Det.: J.A.Elix & G.Kantvilas)
Rhizocarpon geographicum [thalli and apothecia]
Xanthoparmelia aff. flavescentireagens
Xanthoparmelia aff. flavescentireagens
VICTORIA, Errinundra National Park, October 2010 (Photos: P.M.McCarthy; Det.: J.A.Elix & G.Kantvilas)
Jack Elix (left) and Gintaras Kantvilas
Cladonia rigida [with apothecia]
Hypogymnia enteromorphoides [immature apothecia]
Hypogymnia enteromorphoides [mature apothecia]
Hypogymnia mundata [lobes and pycnidia]
Menegazzia subpertusa [lobes with soralia]
Nephroma cellulosum [apothecia on the underside of lobe apices]
Parmelia tenuirima [lobes with white pseudocyphellae]
Parmelinopsis aff. afrorevoluta
Parmelinopsis aff. afrorevoluta
Usnea scabrida [apothecia]
VICTORIA, Drummer Rainforest Walk, 10 km E of Cann River, October 2010 (Photos: P.M.McCarthy; Det.: J.A.Elix & G.Kantvilas)
Peltigera dolichorhiza [apothecia on erect, attenuated lobe apices]
NEW SOUTH WALES, South East Forests National Park, October 2010 (Photos: P.M.McCarthy; Det.: J.A.Elix & G.Kantvilas)
Cladia aggregata [fertile thallus]
Cladia aggregata [fertile thallus]
Leioderma sorediatum [lobes with marginal soralia]
Leioderma sorediatum [lobes with marginal soralia]
Megalaria sp.
Megalaria sp. [apothecia]
Parmotrema reticulatum [lobes and soralia]
Peltigera sp.
Peltigera sp. [lobes, apothecia and rhizines]
Peltigera sp. [lobes with marginal lobules]
Pertusaria neotriconica [isidia]
Pertusaria neotriconica [isidia]
Pseudocyphellaria neglecta [lobes with laminal soralia]
Relicina limbata [mature apothecia]
Relicina limbata [immature apothecia]
Stereocaulon ramulosum [lobes and apothecia]
NEW SOUTH WALES, Bombala, October 2010 (Photos: P.M.McCarthy; Det.: J.A.Elix & G.Kantvilas)
Jackelixia aff. streimannii [apothecia]
NEW SOUTH WALES, Cooma, October 2010 (Photos: P.M.McCarthy; Det.: J.A.Elix & G.Kantvilas)
Candelaria concolor [lobules and apothecia]
Xanthoria coomae [apothecia]
Phaeophyscia hispidula [lobes and darker soralia]
SOUTH AUSTRALIA, Boundary Road, c. 16 km N of Tailem Bend, June 2010 (Photos & Det.: J.A.Elix)
Endocarpon sp. [squamules on soil]
Endocarpon sp. [squamules and black perithecial apices]
SOUTH AUSTRALIA, Talbots Reserve, 23 km NW of Murray Bridge, June 2010 (Photos & Det.: J.A.Elix)
Diploschistes muscorum subsp. bartlettii
Xanthoparmelia cheelii [lobes and pycnidia]
Xanthoparmelia flavescentireagens
Xanthoparmelia lithophiloides [lobes and apothecia]
Xanthoparmelia mougeotina [lobes and isidia]
Xanthoparmelia reptans [lobes and lobules]
SOUTH AUSTRALIA, Ferries-McDonald Conservation Park, c. 12 km S of Monarto, May 2010 (Photos & Det.: J.A.Elix)
Caloplaca dahlii [apothecia]
Caloplaca dahlii [apothecia]
Usnea scabrida subsp. scabrida
Usnea scabrida subsp. scabrida [apothecia and fibrils]
SOUTH AUSTRALIA, Tepko, May 2010 (Photos & Det.: J.A.Elix)
Caloplaca kilcundaensis [apothecia]
SOUTH AUSTRALIA, Murray Bridge, May 2010 (Photos & Det.: J.A.Elix)
Lecanora sphaerospora [apothecia]
Verrucaria aff. nigrescens [areolae and perithecial apices; Det.: P.M.McCarthy]
SOUTH AUSTRALIA, Blanchetown, May 2010 (Photo & Det.: J.A.Elix)
NEW SOUTH WALES, Balranald, May 2010 (Photo & Det.: J.A.Elix)
NEW SOUTH WALES, Narooma area, 19th meeting of Australasian lichenologists, 10 & 11 April 2010 (Photos: P.M.McCarthy; Det.: J.A.Elix, unless stated)
Lichenologists at 1080 Beach
Buellia aeruginosa [1080 Beach]
Buellia halonia [1080 Beach]
Buellia homophylia [1080 Beach]
Canoparmelia texana [Narooma]
Cladonia praetermissa [Mummaga Lake Walk]
Cladonia praetermissa [podetia & squamules; Mummaga Lake Walk]
Dirinaria applanata [Narooma]
Flavoparmelia haysomii [1080 Beach]
Flavoparmelia haysomii [1080 Beach]
Flavoparmelia rutidota [Narooma]
Flavoparmelia rutidota [apothecia; Narooma]
Flavoparmelia soredians [apothecia; Narooma]
Flavoparmelia soredians [lobes and soralia; Narooma]
Heterodermia obscurata [1080 Beach]
Heterodermia tremulans [Narooma]
Heterodermia tremulans [Narooma]
Heterodermia tremulans [apothecia and soralia; Narooma]
Hypogymnia pulverata [Narooma]
Hypogymnia pulverata [Narooma]
Hypogymnia pulverata [Mummaga Lake Walk]
Jackelixia angustata [1080 Beach]
Jackelixia angustata [1080 Beach]
Jackelixia ligulata [1080 Beach]
Jackelixia ligulata [1080 Beach]
Lecanora margarodes [Mummaga Lake Walk]
Lecanora sp. [1080 Beach]
Lichina confinis [1080 Beach]
Mazosia phyllosema [Box Cutting Rainforest Walk; Det.: P.M.McCarthy]
Ochrolechia africana [Narooma]
Pannoparmelia wilsonii [Narooma]
Pannoparmelia wilsonii [Mummaga Lake Walk]
Pannoparmelia wilsonii [Mummaga Lake Walk]
Pannoparmelia wilsonii [lobes and isidia; Narooma]
Paraporpidia leptocarpa [1080 Beach]
Paraporpidia leptocarpa [1080 Beach]
Parmelina conlabrosa [Narooma]
Parmelina conlabrosa [lobes & isidia; Narooma]
Parmotrema crinitum [Narooma]
Parmotrema crinitum [lobes, cilia, isidia and soredia; Narooma]
Parmotrema tinctorum [Mummaga Lake Walk]
Parmotrema tinctorum [lobes and isidia; Mummaga Lake Walk]
Pertusaria lophocarpa [1080 Beach]
Pertusaria lophocarpa [verrucae; 1080 Beach]
Pertusaria xanthoplaca [1080 Beach]
Pertusaria xanthoplaca [1080 Beach]
Pertusaria sp. [Narooma]
Punctelia subflava [Narooma]
Punctelia subflava [lobes, isidia and pseudocyphellae; Narooma]
Punctelia subflava [apothecia and isidia; Narooma]
Pyxine subcinerea [Narooma]
Pyxine subcinerea [lobes and soralia; Narooma]
Ramalina celastri subsp. celastri [Narooma]
Ramalina celastri subsp. celastri [lobes and apothecia; Narooma]
Relicina limbata [1080 Beach]
Relicina limbata [1080 Beach]
Rinodina aff. oleae [1080 Beach; Det.: P.M.McCarthy]
Rinodina aff. oleae [1080 Beach; Det.: P.M.McCarthy]
Rinodinella fertilis [1080 Beach]
Solenopsora holophaea [1080 Beach]
Solenopsora holophaea [1080 Beach]
Sporopodium flavescens [apothecia and pycnidia; Box Cutting Rainforest Walk; Det.: P.M.McCarthy]
Sporopodium flavescens [Box Cutting Rainforest Walk; Det.: P.M.McCarthy]
Sporopodium flavescens [campylidia; Box Cutting Rainforest Walk; Det.: P.M.McCarthy]
Tapellaria phyllophila [apothecia; Box Cutting Rainforest Walk; Det.: P.M.McCarthy]
Tapellaria phyllophila [campylidia; Box Cutting Rainforest Walk; Det.: P.M.McCarthy]
Teloschistes sieberianus [shade form; Narooma]
Tylothallia pahiensis [1080 Beach]
Usnea dasaea [Narooma]
Usnea rubicunda [Mummaga Lake Walk]
Verrucaria aff. microsporoides [1080 Beach; Det.: P.M.McCarthy]
Verrucaria aff. microsporoides [perithecia; 1080 Beach; Det.: P.M.McCarthy]
Xanthoparmelia australasica [1080 Beach]
Xanthoparmelia australasica [lobes and isidia; 1080 Beach]
Xanthoparmelia scabrosa [1080 Beach]
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