#cladia

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Cladia muelleri (syn. Heterodea muelleri)

This foliose-fruticose lichen grows loosely attached to soil, tree bases, and plant litter in dry forests, grass- and shrublands in Australia, New Caledonia, and Aotearoa/New Zealand. It has a thallus made up of erect, irregular, recurved lobes growing in clumps 4 cm tall and up to 10 cm wide. When moist, the lobes spread and the upper surface appears bright yellow-green, and when dry, the lobes curl and clump together, and the upper surfaces becomes pale-yellow. The lower surface can be pale brown to black in color, with black veins surrounding paler spots, and brown-black rhizines. It produces marginal apothecia, which are reddish-brown, bulbous, and irregular in shape. While widespread in Australia, C. muelleri has only be found on mainland Aotearoa 3 times, and was most recently found there in 2024 after a nearly 50 year absence!

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Cladia sp.

25-JUL-2025

Cladia repitora

Formerly Heterodea muelleri, until 2012. Growing on clay soil, under Leptospermum.

A foliose lichen widespread in Australia but also in New Zealand and New Caledonia, usually growing on clay soils but it is found occasionally amongst organic litter, and often under trees or shrubs to take advantage of the shade. When wet it is a vivid green, sometimes yellow-green, mass of tightly-clumped lobes. When dry it curls up into yellow-brown to dark brown lumps. The species can be distinguished by a dense brown (occasionally black) mat of rhizines (felt-like hairs) on the lobes.

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