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Lichen, Yellow

Caloplaca circumlutosa

Lichen

Ascomycota

Lecanomycetes

Teloschistaceae

Rocky Shore Intertidal
Rocky Shore Intertidal

Feeding:
Producer
Producer
Distribution:
New Zealand
New Zealand
Edibility:
Unknown Edibility
Unknown Edibility
Size:
Outstretched Arm Sized
Outstretched Arm Sized



A yellow splash zone lichen, sometimes cup shaped fruiting bodies can be seen.


A splash zone lichen, usually found above high tide.


A producer.


Lichens are a symbiotic group of organisms. They are a relationship between a fungus and either an alga or a cyanobacteria. Photo Credit; Jean McKinnon