Appearance
"Lichenomphalia chromacea" produces yellow to orange mushroom-like fruiting bodies, with a cap diameter between 9 and 38 mm, and a shape that is initially convex and umbilicate, later becoming flattened, but still umbilicate. The thick gills on the underside of the cap are distantly spaced, usually with a decurrent attachment to the stipe, which itself is slender and cylindrical, measuring 19–51 mm long. The basidia are usually four-spored, but very rarely they are two-spored. The basidiospores are hyaline, ellipsoid, and measure 6.4–10.4 by 3.4–6.2 μm. The thallus of the lichen is disc-shaped to angular, measuring 200–900 μm broad and forming a green, crust-like surface when crowded together.
Distribution
"Lichenomphalia chromacea" occurs in South Australia, New South Wales, and Tasmania. It fruits in clusters on the ground, or occasionally on bark, and often amongst mosses. In Tasmania, it is typically encountered in sandy or peaty soil in heathland and woodland, and usually at higher elevations. The only other members of genus "Lichenomphalia" that occur in Australia are "L. tasmanica" and "L. umbellifera".
Habitat
"Lichenomphalia chromacea" occurs in South Australia, New South Wales, and Tasmania. It fruits in clusters on the ground, or occasionally on bark, and often amongst mosses. In Tasmania, it is typically encountered in sandy or peaty soil in heathland and woodland, and usually at higher elevations. The only other members of genus "Lichenomphalia" that occur in Australia are "L. tasmanica" and "L. umbellifera".References:
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