Heterotrichia spp.

Mount Buffalo, VIC

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Identification history

	Heterotrichia spp.	9 Jun 2025	Teresa
	Heterotrichia obvelata	8 Jun 2025	Hejor1

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pale orange/yellow, on underside of dead wood, one dense cluster of 'fingers', texture looks like a loofah/fairy floss

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Teresa wrote:

9 Jun 2025

The tiny dark tips on these 'fingers' are indicative of Heterotrichia fasciculata, but without microscopy its difficult to be certain and I tend to leave these at genus level

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Location information

Coordinates 146.842103 -36.717919
Altitude 447.8m
Places Mount Buffalo, VIC

Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
8 Jun 2025 03:30 PM Recorded on
Hejor1 Recorded by
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Hejor1 NatureMapr Slime Moulds Heterotrichia spp.

Species information

Heterotrichia spp. Scientific name
Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 963.7m Recorded at altitude
Synonyms
Arcyria

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