Biology:Caloplaca luteominia

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Short description: Species of fungus


Caloplaca luteominia
Caloplaca luteominia - Flickr - pellaea.jpg
C. luteominia in Palos Verdes, CA
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Teloschistales
Family: Teloschistaceae
Genus: Caloplaca
Species:
C. luteominia
Binomial name
Caloplaca luteominia
(Tuck.) Zahlbr.

Caloplaca luteominia subspecies bolanderi (ruby firedot) is an endolithic lichen, a crustose lichen that grows inside rock, between the grains, with only the ruby red fruiting bodies exposed to the air.[1] It is in the Teloschistaceae family.

See also

References

  1. Lichen Vocabulary, LICHENS OF NORTH AMERICA, Sylvia and Stephen Sharnoff, [1]

Wikidata ☰ Q10440502 entry