The lichens on Mount Canobolas are a threatened ecological community
Lichen species of Mt Canobolas
Xanthoparmelia subnuda 
Cladia corallaizon 
Lecanora farinacea 
Xanthoparmelia flavescentireagens 
Rhizocarpon geographicum (bright yellow green) 
Ramboldia pertaeoides (grey) 
Cladia aggregata and Xanthoparmelia metastrigosa 
Cladia aggregata and Xanthoparmelia metastrigosa 
Cladia aggregata 
Xanthoparmelia substrigosa 
Xanthoparmelia substrigosa 
Xanthoparmelia subprolixa 
Xanthoparmelia subprolixa 
Xanthoparmelia elixii 
Xanthoparmelia flavescentireagens 
Xanthoparmelia furcata 
Cladia corallaizon 
Cladia corallaizon 
Xanthoparmelia neorimils 
Xanthoparmelia tasmanica 
Gyalideopsis halocarpa (black) 
Xanthoparmelia willsii (P. McCarthy) 
Xanthoparmelia parviloba (P. McCarthy) 
Lecidea ochroleuca (P. McCarthy) 
Xanthoparmelia sulcifera (P. McCarthy) 
Rimularia sp. (P. McCarthy) 
Sarcogyne sekikaica (P. McCarthy) 
Rimularia campestris (P. McCarthy) 
Rhizocarpon disporum (P. McCarthy) 
Ingvariella bispora (P. McCarthy) 
Diploschistes sp. (P. McCarthy) 
Aspicilia sp. (P. McCarthy) 
Ramboldia plicatula (P. McCarthy) 
Ramboldia plicatula (P. McCarthy) 
Ramboldia plicatula (P. McCarthy) 
Candelariella vitellina (P. McCarthy) 
Buellia maficola (P. McCarthy) 
Megalaria montana (P. McCarthy)
See the checklist of the lichens of Mt Canobolas here.
The lichens of Mount Canobolas are unique
Lichen community
The Mount Canobolas Xanthoparmelia lichen threatened ecological community is the only threatened ecological community in NSW that is defined by lichens. You can find out more here.
Endemic
There are at least four species of lichen are endemic to Mt Canobolas – this means they occur here and nowhere else on Earth. These are: Xanthoparmelia metastrigosa, Cladia fuliginosa, Sarcogyne sekikaica and Megalaria montana.
What is a lichen?
A lichen is a symbiosis between an algae and a fungus.
About Mount Canobolas
At 1392 m, Mt Canobolas is one of the highest peaks between the Blue Mountains and the Indian Ocean.
Mt Canobolas is an extinct volcano, last active 12 million years ago, so its geology is igneous – trachyte, rhyolyte and basalt rocks can be seen at the surface.
Mount Canobolas is home to a suite of threatened species, including rare lichens, Prostanthera gilesii, Eucalyptus canobolensis and more.
Media
Experts explore impacts of bushfire to rare lichen colonies on Mount Canobolas
Read the full story here.
Get in touch: heidi.zimmer@gmail.com
Lichens of Mount Canobolas 