Caloplaca marina: Orange lichen- The Race Rocks Taxonomy

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Thanks for assistance in identification to Dr. Irwin Brodo a world renowned lichenologist and the author of the Lichens of North America. He is now retired from the museum in Ottawa.

There are several possibilities for the identifications of these orange lichens ,  the  smooth orange crustose lichen is probably the Caloplaca rosei

Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Fungi
Division  Ascomycota
Class Lecanoromycetes
OrderTeloschistales
Family teloschistaceae
Genus Caloplaca
Species marina
orange Sea Lichen

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pearsonlogo2_f2The Race Rocks taxonomy is a collaborative venture originally started with the Biology and Environmental Systems students of Lester Pearson College UWC. It now also has contributions added by Faculty, Staff, Volunteers and Observers on the remote control webcams.