Biology:Calicium victorianum

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Short description: Species of fungus


Calicium victorianum
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Caliciales
Family: Caliciaceae
Genus: Calicium
Species:
C. victorianum
Binomial name
Calicium victorianum
(F.Wilson) Tibell

Calicium victorianum is a crustose lichen that is found growing on trees and wooden materials.

It has a greyish white almost inconspicuous thallus with a thin crust that is usually immersed and around 0.2 millimetres (0.0079 in) thick.[1]

It is found mostly in the southern hemisphere in the South West region of Western Australia[2] and Queensland in eastern Australia.[3] It is also found in New Zealand and is known from a single population in England .[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Calicium victorianum". Fungi of Great Britain and Ireland. 3 March 2017. http://fungi.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/7950/descriptions. Retrieved 28 July 2017. 
  2. "Calicium victorianum". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/27623. 
  3. "Calicium victorianum". WetlandInfo. Department of Environment and Heritage Protection, Queensland. 20 October 2014. https://wetlandinfo.ehp.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/components/species/?calicium-victorianum. Retrieved 28 July 2017. 

Wikidata ☰ Q10439603 entry