Caloplaca cerina
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Teloschistales |
| Family: | Teloschistaceae |
| Genus: | Caloplaca |
| Species: | C. cerina
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| Binomial name | |
| Caloplaca cerina Ehrh. ex Hedwig
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Caloplaca cerina, also known as the gray-rimmed firedot lichen, is a species of lichen. It is part of the monophyletic Caloplaca cerina species group and is the type species of the genus Caloplaca.[1]
Description
[edit]Caloplaca cerina has a crustose thallus, typically dark grey to white.[1] It has a thalline margin, although this is sometimes thin and difficult to note.[2] However its appearance can be very variable; as a result, many specimens that have been identified as Caloplaca cerina are actually other species. One study that examined 3,000 specimens of Caloplaca cerina found that roughly 1,000 were other species.[2]
Distribution
[edit]It is very common on tree bark, particularly on poplar and elm trees.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Šoun, Jaroslav; Vondrák, Jan; Søchting, Ulrik; Hrouzek, Pavel; Khodosovtsev, Alexander; Arup, Ulf (March 2011). "Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Caloplaca cerina group in Europe". The Lichenologist. 43 (2): 113–135. doi:10.1017/S0024282910000721. ISSN 0024-2829.
- ^ a b Wetmore, Clifford M. (December 2007). "Notes on Caloplaca cerina (Teloschistaceae) in North and Central America". The Bryologist. 110 (4): 798–807. doi:10.1639/0007-2745(2007)110[798:NOCCTI]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0007-2745.
- ^ Brodo, Irwin M.; Sharnoff, Sylvia Duran; Sharnoff, Stephen; Nature, Canadian Museum of (2001). Lichens of North America. Yale University Press. p. 197. ISBN 978-0-300-08249-4.