Caloplaca ignea
Caloplaca ignea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Teloschistales |
Family: | Teloschistaceae |
Genus: | Caloplaca |
Species: | C. ignea |
Binomial name | |
Caloplaca ignea | |
Caloplaca ignea (flame firedot lichen) is a brilliant red-orange crustose areolate lichen found in the southwestern United States.[1]:241 It has narrow to linear lobes radiating from its center (placoidioid), being paler in color at the outer edge.[1]:241 It is in the Caloplaca genus of the Teloschistaceae family.[1]:241 It has small .3 - 1 mm apothecia discs.[1]:241 In the foothills of the western United States Sierra Nevada (US) it grows with brilliant yellow Acarospora socialis to add spectacular color to the scenery.[1]:3
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