Biology:Caloplaca trachyphylla
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Short description: Species of fungus
| Caloplaca trachyphylla | |
|---|---|
| Firedot lichen (Caloplaca trachyphylla), Mount Baden-Powell, San Gabriel Mountains, Southern California | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Teloschistales |
| Family: | Teloschistaceae |
| Genus: | Caloplaca |
| Species: | C. trachyphylla
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| Binomial name | |
| Caloplaca trachyphylla (Tuck.) Zahlbr.
| |
Caloplaca trachyphylla, the desert firedot lichen,[1]: 27 is an orange crustose lichen that grows on rock in Europe, North America, and northern Asia. Crostose placoidioid lobes are elongate.
It differs from Caloplaca saxicola in that C. trachyphylla it has a larger thallus and has lobes with tiny warts on them (verruculose).
References
- ↑ The Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada, John Muir Laws , 2007
Wikidata ☰ Q10440568 entry
