Thallose Crystalwort: Spongy Surface

Class:

Plants (Plantae) - Liverworts (Marchantiophyta) - Liverworts (Marchantiopsida) - Mosses & Liverworts

Order:

Liverworts (Marchantiales)

Family:

Liverwort (Ricciaceae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Thallose Crystalwort (Riccia lamellosa)

This Photo:

🔍Spongy Surface🔎

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)

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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