Lichens; Mosses, Liverworts & Hornworts


Lichens

Lichen is a symbiotic partnership between a fungus and an alga or a cyanobacterium. The classification is based on the fungal partner and lichens are often referred to as lichenized fungi. Those lacking symbiotic algal or cyanobacterial partners are the non-lichenized fungi. The separation of lichenized from non-lichenized fungi is artificial, with no taxonomic basis.

Mosses, Liverworts & Hornworts

Mosses, Liverworts & Hornworts are collectively called Bryophytes, and produce spores rather than seeds, without flowers.


Lichens; Mosses, Liverworts & Hornworts

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dcnicholls wrote:
2 Sep 2025
This is a moss of some kind but not a clubmoss which is a kind of primitive fern.

Polytrichaceae sp. (family)
KimberiRP wrote:
29 Aug 2025
The location given above the main image is misleading. Zoom out on the Location Information map and you'll see it's on Sheep Station Creek, more than 12km west of Mount Clear.

Funaria hygrometrica
sangio7 wrote:
18 Aug 2025
R. campylothecium based on: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/53e9cf6d-fe08-4ccb-954b-fa985b9c5ea8

Rosulabryum campylothecium
sangio7 wrote:
17 Aug 2025
Abundant apothecia, cilia around margins of apothecia

Teloschistes sp. (genus)
sangio7 wrote:
5 Aug 2025
Suggested ID based on https://www.britishbryologicalsociety.org.uk/learning/species-finder/bryum-capillare/ and https://www.nzflora.info/factsheet/Taxon/Rosulabryum-capillare.html

Rosulabryum sp.
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