Calicium chlorosporum
Calicium chlorosporum is a crustose lichen that is found growing on trees throughout much of the world.
| Calicium chlorosporum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Caliciales |
| Family: | Caliciaceae |
| Genus: | Calicium |
| Species: | C. chlorosporum |
| Binomial name | |
| Calicium chlorosporum | |
The lichen has a pale brownish yellow to beige, verrucose, areolate or subimmersed thallus. The apothecia is 0.75 to 1.1 millimetres (0.030 to 0.043 in) high with a shining black to brownish stalk that is typically 0.8 to 0.16 millimetres (0.031 to 0.006 in) diameter.[1]
The species is found in Africa, North, Central and South America, and in Australasia.[2][1]
References
- "Calicium chlorosporum F. Wilson". Consortium of North American Lichen Herbaria. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
- "Calicium chlorosporum". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
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