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 genus Caloplaca 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]

Caloplaca nashii
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C. nashii
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Caloplaca nashii

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