Biodiversity In Soil And Leaf Litter
The soil and leaf litter world is teeming with a great variety and number of living creatures. It rivals coral reefs as one of the most biodiverse places on Earth. It is a realm of darkness with tiny caverns, tunnels ... [... more]
Australian Museum |
Australia's Gondwanan And Asian Connections
Mycena interrupta is a saprotrophic mushroom, found on forest litter in the damper areas of south-east Australia, New Caledonia, New Zealand and Chile in Eucalyptus and Nothofagus forests. There are a number of other Mycena species which show ... [... more]
Australian National Botanic Gardens |
Ground Spiders
This is a vast and diverse group of spiders found all over Australia from rainforests to deserts. Most are vagrant hunters that are especially common in forest and woodland habitats, living in leaf litter and under ... [... more]
Australian Museum |
White-Tailed Spider
White-tailed Spiders are vagrant hunters that live beneath bark and rocks, in leaf litter, logs and detritus in bush, gardens and houses. Tufts of specialised scopulate hairs on the ends of their legs allow them to ... [... more]
Australian Museum |
Biological Soil Crusts
The most visible inhabitants of forest litter are arthropods, such as ants, beetles, millipedes, slaters and spiders. Many of these are important decomposers of plant matter while others, like spiders and some ants ... [... more]
Australian Museum |
Blue-Tongued Lizards
Blue-tongues usually live in open country with lots of ground cover such as tussocky grasses or leaf litter. They shelter at night among leaf litter or under large objects on the ground such as rocks and logs. Early ... [... more]
Australian Museum |
Achilidae
The Family Achilidae are mainly fungal feeding species often living in leaf litter or under logs. The wings are usually held almost horizontally when folded over the abdomen. Typical forms are drab in colour, although there are some outstanding ... [... more]
NSW Agriculture |
Orchardists Worry About Enza Attempts To Recoup Losses
"That's thousands of dollars of debt. There are questions still to be answered." For nearly five years, pipfruit growers have been battling to make a profit because of low returns through Enza. While he watches small and hail-damaged fruit ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
Black Spot (Venturia Inaequalis) In Apples And Pears - ...
The black spot inoculum overwinters in leaf litter. Therefore, removal or breakdown of the leaf litter will help to prevent the carryover of the disease. Urea is often applied in autumn to speed up the breakdown of ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
Leotia Lubrica
Common Name: Leotia lubrica is a cosmopolitan ascomycete. It grows singly or in small colonies amongst leaf litter on forest floors. The thick stems are very slimy because of a layer of gelatinised hyphae. Map based on Fungimap records to March ... [... more]
Fungimap |
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