Caloplaca luteominia
| Caloplaca luteominia | |
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| C. luteominia in Palos Verdes, CA | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Teloschistales |
| Family: | Teloschistaceae |
| Genus: | Caloplaca |
| Species: | C. luteominia
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| Binomial name | |
| Caloplaca luteominia (Tuck.) Zahlbr.
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Caloplaca luteominia subspecies bolanderi (ruby firedot) is an endolithic lichen, a crustose lichen that grows inside rock, between the grains, with only the ruby red fruiting bodies exposed to the air.[1] It is in the Teloschistaceae family.
See also
References
- ^ Lichen Vocabulary, LICHENS OF NORTH AMERICA, Sylvia and Stephen Sharnoff, [1] Archived 2015-01-20 at the Wayback Machine
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