Caloplaca albovariegata

Caloplaca albovariegata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Subclass: Lecanoromycetidae
Order: Teloschistales
Family: Teloschistaceae
Genus: Caloplaca
Species: C. albovariegata
Binomial name
Caloplaca albovariegata

Caloplaca albovariegata (variegated orange lichen) is a gray, blue-gray, or dark green[1] crustose areolate lichen that grows on rocks in areas of western North America such as Arizona and California.[2] It is common in the Mojave Desert.[1] It has no prothallus.[2] It is in the Caloplaca fungus genus of the Teloschistaceae family.[2] It is similar to Caloplaca peliophylla, which has lighter brown apothecia discs and more narrow spore isthmus.[2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Photo Gallery, Joshua Tree Lichens, National Park Service,
  2. 1 2 3 4 Caloplaca albovarfietata, Encyclopedia of Life,
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