Summary ²

Caloplaca luteominia subspecies bolanderi (ruby firedot) is an endolithic lichen (a crustose lichen that grows inside rock, between the grains, with only the ruby red fruiting bodies exposed to the air. It is in the Teloschistaceae family.

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1. (c) James Bailey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by James Bailey
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caloplaca_luteominia

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• iNat taxon page
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