Caloplaca trachyphylla
| Caloplaca trachyphylla | |
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| Firedot lichen (Caloplaca trachyphylla), Mount Baden-Powell, San Gabriel Mountains, Southern California | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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.
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Caloplaca trachyphylla, the desert firedot lichen,[1]: 27 is an orange crustose lichen that grows on rock in Europe, North America, and northern Asia. 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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