Caloplaca fissurata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Teloschistineae
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Lecanoromycetes Subclassis: Lecanoromycetidae Ordo: Teloschistales Subordo: Teloschistineae

Familia: Teloschistaceae
Subfamilia: Caloplacoideae
Genus: Caloplaca
Species: Caloplaca fissurata

Name

Caloplaca fissurata Wetmore, 2009

Type location: MEXICO. Baja California Sur: Peninsula Vizcaino, along road to Bahía Tortugas, 152 km W of Rte 1, 27^o38'N, 114^o32'W; on Pleistocen alluvial deposits, on mudstone; 30 Dec 1990, T. H. Nash 29607 (ASU, holotype; GZU, LD, MEXU, MIN, isotypes).

Ecology and distribution: On calcareous rock. Known only from Baja California and Baja California Sur.

References

• Wetmore, C.M. (2009) New species of Caloplaca (Teloschistaceae) from North America. The Bryologist 112(2): 379–386.   (RLL List # 215 / Rec. # 31614 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (JSTOR) (Description of Caloplaca fissurata: pp. 379-380; distribution map: p. 380, fig. 1; color photo: p. 385, fig. 7)

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank