Calicium victorianum

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

Calicium victorianum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Caliciales
Family: Caliciaceae
Genus: Calicium
Species:
C. victorianum
Binomial name
Calicium victorianum

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. "Calicium victorianum". Fungi of Great Britain and Ireland. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  2. "Calicium victorianum". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  3. "Calicium victorianum". WetlandInfo. Department of Environment and Heritage Protection, Queensland. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
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