Caloplaca ignea

Caloplaca ignea
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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2
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