This paper describes five new species of Caloplaca from Mexico and the central United States. Caloplaca fissurata, C. pacifica and C. michoacanensis are described from Mexico, and C. lignicola and C. pratensis are described from the central United States. Notes are given for C. soralifera, a new record for North America, and a new distribution map is presented for C. ulcerosa. Maps and color photographs are provided for the species treated.
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1 June 2009
New species of Caloplaca (Teloschistaceae) from North America
Clifford M. Wetmore
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The Bryologist
Vol. 112 • No. 2
Summer 2009
Vol. 112 • No. 2
Summer 2009
Caloplaca
lichen
Mexico
new species
United States