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Orange sea lichen - Caloplaca marina - General information

Caloplaca marina

Image Harvey Tyler-Walters - Caloplaca marina. Image width ca 15 cm.
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Distribution map

Caloplaca marina recorded (dark blue bullet) and expected (light blue bullet) distribution in Britain and Ireland (see below)

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Caloplaca marina is not listed under any importance categories.

General information

Key Icon Researched by: Dr Harvey Tyler-Walters Text page icon Refereed by:

Taxonomy icon Taxonomy

Phylum Ascomycota Sac fungi
Class Ascomycota Sac fungi
Map icon Recorded distribution in Britain and Ireland Widely distributed around the British Isles. Gaps in its recorded distribution probably due to lack of suitable substrata.
Habitat information icon Habitat information A strictly maritime species, common on hard rocks and concrete from just above high water level.
Text page icon Description An encrusting yellow-orange to bright orange lichen. The thallus is composed of small granules or 'islands' of tissue but is never powdery. When well developed the crust may be composed of small convex islands of tissue often with a paler edge. Disc-like, convex and deep reddish orange fruiting bodies occur on the surface of the thallus.

This review can be cited as follows:

Dr Harvey Tyler-Walters 2002. Caloplaca marina. Orange sea lichen. Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Sub-programme [on-line]. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. [cited 03/09/2010]. Available from: <http://www.marlin.ac.uk/speciesfullreview.php?speciesID=2863>