| Caloplaca albovariegata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Teloschistales |
| Family: | Teloschistaceae |
| Genus: | Caloplaca |
| Species: | C. albovariegata |
| Binomial name | |
| Caloplaca albovariegata (B.de Lesd.) Wetmore (1995) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Caloplaca albovariegata, the variegated orange lichen, [1] is a gray, blue-gray, or dark green [2] crustose areolate lichen that grows on rocks in areas of western North America such as Arizona and California. [3] It is common in the Mojave Desert. [2] It has no prothallus. [3] It is in the genus Caloplaca in the family Teloschistaceae. [3] It is similar to Caloplaca peliophylla , which has lighter brown apothecial discs and a narrower spore isthmus. [3]
