Candelariella aurella

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Candelariella aurella
Candelariella aurella, Old Bridge North of Solano Park Circle, Davis, California, USA
On old bridge north of Solano Park Circle, Davis, California, USA
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Candelariomycetes
Order: Candelariales
Family: Candelariaceae
Genus: Candelariella
Species:
C. aurella
Binomial name
Candelariella aurella
(Hoffm.) Zahlbr. (1928)[1]
Synonyms
  • Verrucaria aurella Hoffm. (1796)

Candelariella aurella, the hidden goldspeck lichen or eggyolk lichen, is a yellow crustose lichen in the family Candelariaceae. It is commonly found on calcareous rock or wood or bark exposed to sunlight and which may have calcareous dust in areas with lime soils.[2] The thallus is areolate with scattered small (0.1–0.3 mm), rounded to elongated yellow areolas.[2] It has a global distribution and occurs on limestone and calcareous sandstone in the Sonoran Desert in Arizona, California, and Baja California.[2] It occurs in Joshua Tree National Monument.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Cat. Lich. Univers. 5: 790 (1928)
  2. ^ a b c "CNALH - Candelariella aurella". lichenportal.org. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Lichens - Joshua Tree National Park (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 5 May 2018.


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