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Caloplaca impolita
Scientific Name: Caloplaca impolita
Family: Teloschistaceae
Category: Lichen
Growth: Lichenous
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Caloplaca impolita
Caloplaca impolita is a lichen species described by Arup. It belongs to the genus Caloplaca and the family Teloschistaceae.
Taxonomy and Nomenclature
- Scientific Name: Caloplaca impolita Arup
- Kingdom: Fungi
- Phylum: Ascomycota
- Class: Ascomycetes
- Order: Teloschistales
- Family: Teloschistaceae
- Synonym: Polycauliona impolita (implied by redirect and alternate names)
Distribution and Habitat
- Caloplaca impolita has a worldwide distribution, extending from Antarctica to high altitudes.
- It is found in coastal Western North America.
- Specific locations include the central Coast Range, California, where it grows on Quercus agrifolia (coast live oak) bark.
- It can also be found on sandstone outcrops in semi-arid grasslands with scattered Quercus douglasii (blue oak).
- Occurs on basalt and Monterey shale.
Morphological Characteristics
- Caloplaca impolita has orange broadening lobes that are frequently pruinose (having a frosted appearance).
Ecological Role
- Some species within the Caloplaca genus are found in littoral and supralittoral zones on seashore rocks.
Interactions with Other Organisms
- Caloplaca impolita can be a juvenile parasite on Caloplaca trachyphylla on silicate rock.
Further Information
- Discover Life offers a page about the biology, natural history, ecology, identification, and distribution of Caloplaca impolita.
- NCBI Taxonomy checklist provides a view of Caloplaca impolita.