lichen
A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.commonly called firedot lichen, jewel lichen.Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, gold lichens, "orange lichens",USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Name Search /ref> but they are not always orange, as in the case of '' C. albovariegata''.Plants Profile for Caloplaca (orange lichen), USDA /ref> The distribution of this lichen genus is worldwide, extending from Antarctica to the high Arctic. It includes a portion of northern North America and the Russian High Arctic. There are about thirty species of ''Caloplaca'' in the flora of the British Isles. An example species in this genus is ''
Caloplaca saxicola
''Caloplaca saxicola'' is a small bright orange crustose lichen that grows on rock all over the world. It is commonly called rock firedot lichen,Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, jewel lichen or ...
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boreal forest
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A new species of ''Caloplaca'', '' C. obamae'', the first species to be named in honor of
Barack Obama
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California
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Caloplaca chrysodeta
''Caloplaca'' is a lichen genus comprising a number of distinct species. Members of the genus are commonly called firedot lichen, jewel lichen.Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, gold lichens, "or ...
Caloplaca feracissima
''Caloplaca'' is a lichen genus comprising a number of distinct species. Members of the genus are commonly called firedot lichen, jewel lichen.Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, gold lichens, "or ...
Caloplaca flavovirescens
''Caloplaca'' is a lichen genus comprising a number of distinct species. Members of the genus are commonly called firedot lichen, jewel lichen.Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, gold lichens, "ora ...
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Caloplaca ignea
''Igneoplaca'' is a genus in the subfamily Xanthorioideae of the family Teloschistaceae. It contains a single species, the crustose lichen ''Igneoplaca ignea''.
Taxonomy
This species was first formally described in 1995 by Swedish lichenologis ...
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Caloplaca luteoalba
''Caloplaca'' is a lichen genus comprising a number of distinct species. Members of the genus are commonly called firedot lichen, jewel lichen.Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, gold lichens, "ora ...
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Caloplaca saxicola
''Caloplaca saxicola'' is a small bright orange crustose lichen that grows on rock all over the world. It is commonly called rock firedot lichen,Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, jewel lichen or ...
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Caloplaca sideritis
''Caloplaca'' is a lichen genus comprising a number of distinct species. Members of the genus are commonly called firedot lichen, jewel lichen.Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, gold lichens, "ora ...
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Caloplaca thallincola
''Caloplaca'' is a lichen genus comprising a number of distinct species. Members of the genus are commonly called firedot lichen, jewel lichen.Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, gold lichens, "ora ...
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Caloplaca xanthostigmoidea
''Caloplaca'' is a lichen genus comprising a number of distinct species. Members of the genus are commonly called firedot lichen, jewel lichen.Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, gold lichens, "ora ...
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