Caloplaca trachyphylla
| Caloplaca trachyphylla | |
|---|---|
| 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