Caloplaca nashii

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

Caloplaca nashii is an orange[1] crustose lichen found on calcareous rocks in northern Mexico, southern California, and Baja California.[2] It is the most common of many members of the Caloplaca genus found on rocks in Joshua Tree National Park.[1] It may sometimes be slightly endolithic (growing inside solid rock).[2] It does not have elongated lobes like some other crustose lichens.[2] It has no prothallus.[2] It is in the Caloplaca fungus genus of the Teloschistaceae family.[2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Photo Gallery, Joshua Tree Lichens, National Park Service
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Caloplaca nashii, Encyclopedia of Life
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