Caloplaca flavescens (Huds.) J.R. Laundon
(a lichen)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCaloplaca flavescens (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 flavescens (a lichen) :
1: Caloplaca flavescens (a lichen)
7 May 1976 OSGR: SD67 54° 10’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Mid-west Yorks (VC 64) England
Image 1: Thallus - close-upImage 2: Thallus - enlargedImage 3: Thallus - enlarged (2)
2: Caloplaca flavescens (a lichen)
28 Sep 1975 OSGR: SD76 54° 10’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Mid-west Yorks (VC 64) England
Image 1: Thallus - moist - enlargedImage 2: Thallus - moist - enlarged (2)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Hawksworth, D.L. 2004 Fungi living on lichens: a source of unexplored diversity British Wildlife Vol 15, No. 3: 192-199.
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 flavescens (a lichen) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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