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 and adds spectacular color to the scenery.[1]^:3

References

Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2

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[SSFGCL-1] Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2