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Cup lichen Possibly genus Cladonia but I really don't know as I can't find any information on its existence in Australia . At least not yet. Australia,Cladonia chlorophaea,Eamw lichen,Geotagged,Mealy Pixie Cup Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Cup lichen

Possibly genus Cladonia but I really don't know as I can't find any information on its existence in Australia . At least not yet.

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    Some resources about Australian lichens are available here. They are not easy to identify either.
    http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/lichenlist/introduction.html     Posted 8 years ago
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    Thank you , I have this one already but can't get much from it.
    I did better with www.inatualist.org and found 11 recordings but only one with a photo which looks ok but has no details of identification . I gues for now another one which will take time to work out.     Posted 8 years ago
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      I just send a reply but not sure if I did it correctly . Sorry Posted 8 years ago
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    Wildflower I did send a request for help to bowerbird .org.au to see if someone can help to identify this species of cup lichen. Rainer Richter who I personally don't know send his identification as Cladonia chlorophaea . I know that Rainer Richter is a strong and constant contributor to bowerbird.org.au
    What do you think.
     Posted 8 years ago
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      I am not confident in discriminating between the species of Cladonia. Reiner Richter doesn't seem to be an expert in lichens either.
      http://lichenportal.org/portal/taxa/index.php?taxon=53388
      http://lichenportal.org/portal/taxa/index.php?taxon=53409       Posted 8 years ago
      1. View Martin Lagerwey's profile
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        There are more than 70 species recorded for Australia
        http://bie.ala.org.au/species/NZOR-4-28250#classification
        Reiner Richter is a specialist in odonata. He has a very good general knowledge. Cladonia chlorophaea is feasible. I will ask about the confidence of his ID when I see him next week, otherwise a guess is entirely meaningless.
        Based on my experience with chrysomelidae beetles, even experts make errors.
        Lichens are even more difficult to identify in my opinion.

         Posted 8 years ago
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    I am only aware of Reiner Richter seeing his active participation on the bowerbird website and I appreciated his input. But you are correct there are 70 plus species recorded in Australia but not many suitable photos to help identification. Or maybe I just haven't found them. I do however appreciate the determination from the controllers of the jungle dragon website to make sure that any identification is correct. I hope also that you get the chance sometime to catch up with Reiner Richter and talk to him about this issue. Thank you Martin it is very much appreciated Posted 8 years ago
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    Hello Ernst, I happen to concur with your initial ID of Cladonia chlorophaea. This web page shows that it has been found in Australia, https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49488-Cladonia-chlorophaea . It is common in my neighbourhood and your photo is too similar to other photos of the species to be some other Cladonia. Posted 5 years ago
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      Hi Gary.
      Thank you very much for your work. I must say that now two years later there seems to be more info on Cladonia chlorophaea in Australia.
      Thanks again
      Ernst       Posted 5 years ago
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        Hello again, we have lots of it around here,
        Frosty Pixiecups! Cladonia chlorophaea, Mealy or Granulating Pixiecup, is a Cladonia lichen that have goblet shaped cups with granular or powdery soredia on the outside of the cups and podetia, a distinguishing feature of this Cladonia. It is found on many different substrates but near my home likes moss covered rocks. 15 minutes after taking this photo the frost was gone.<br /> http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/ShowDBImage/Gallery.aspx?specrep=0&latinName=Cladonia chlorophaea&nosyn=1<br /> Canada,Cladonia chlorophaea,Geotagged,Mealy Pixie Cup,Winter

         Posted 5 years ago
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          I also find them now but only because now I can see them since the first one-
          Check out this distribution map for C. chlorophaea in Australia. That was not available
          when I was searching for info at the time

          https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/127696           Posted 5 years ago
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            That is interesting! I have been informed, both our daughter and son-in-law are molecular geneticists at UBC, that lichens have been studied a lot in the last couple of years. That may be just one of the factors making more info available now. “It’s a good thing”... for us. Posted 5 years ago

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The Mealy Pixie Cup

Cladonia chlorophaea, the Mealy Pixie Cup, is a lichen in the Cladoniaceae family.

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Similar species: Lecanorales
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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