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