Caloplaca aurantia (Pers.) Hellb.
(a lichen)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCaloplaca aurantia (a lichen)
GenusCaloplaca (a genus of placodioid and crustose lichens)
FamilyTELOSCHISTACEAE (a family of lichens)
OrderTELOSCHISTALES (an order of lichens)
SubclassLECANOROMYCETIDAE (a subclass of lichens)
ClassLECANOROMYCETES (a class of lichens)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Caloplaca aurantia (a lichen) :
1: Caloplaca aurantia (a lichen)
10 Jul 1974 OSGR: SE05 53° 60’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Mid-west Yorks (VC 64) England
on sandstone ha-ha
Image 1: Thallus - enlarged

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Soun, J. & Vondrak, J. 2008 Caloplaca aurantia and Caloplaca flavescens (Teloschistaceae, lichen-forming fungi) in the Czech Republic; with notes to their taxonomy and nomenclature Czech Mycology vol 60(2): 275-291.

Caloplaca aurantia (a lichen) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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