Thallose Crystalwort
Spongy Surface
Ellura
Black-edged Crystalwort
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Thallose Crystalwort (Riccia lamellosa)Class: Plants (Plantae) - Liverworts (Marchantiophyta) - Liverworts (Marchantiopsida)
Order: Liverworts (Marchantiales)
Family: Liverwort (Ricciaceae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Thallose Crystalwort (Riccia lamellosa)
This Photo:     🔍Comparison🔎
Other name: Thallose Liverwort

Thank you Em Lamond & Tony and Jenny Dominelli for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
Notice how much larger this one is (on the right of the comparison shot) compared to Spongy Crystalwort (Riccia spongiosula)

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This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.