''Caloplaca albovariegata'', the variegated orange lichen, is a gray, blue-gray, or dark green crustose areolate

lichen A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.Arizona and California.Caloplaca albovarfietata, Encyclopedia of Life
/ref> It is common in the Mojave Desert.Photo Gallery, Joshua Tree Lichens, National Park Service
/ref> It has no prothallus. It is in the genus ''

Caloplaca ''Caloplaca'' is a lichen genus comprising a number of distinct species. Members of the genus are commonly called firedot lichen, jewel lichen.Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, gold lichens, "ora ...

'' in the family Teloschistaceae. It is similar to ''

Caloplaca peliophylla ''Caloplaca'' is a lichen genus comprising a number of distinct species. Members of the genus are commonly called firedot lichen, jewel lichen.Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, gold lichens, "ora ...

'', which has lighter brown apothecial discs and a narrower

spore In biology, a spore is a unit of sexual or asexual reproduction that may be adapted for dispersal and for survival, often for extended periods of time, in unfavourable conditions. Spores form part of the life cycles of many plants, algae, f ...

isthmus.

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albovariegata Lichen species Lichens of the Southwestern United States Lichens described in 1942 Taxa named by Maurice Bouly de Lesdain Fungi without expected TNC conservation status {{Teloschistales-stub

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