Orange Lichen

Caloplaca nivalis (Körb.) Th. Fr.

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Caloplaca nivalis (Orange Lichen) is a species of Fungi in the family Teloschistaceae.

EOL has data for 4 attributes, including:

geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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United States
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/6252001
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growth habit
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/growthHabit
- Definition: general growth form, including size and branching. Some organisms have different growth habits depending on environment or location
- Attribution: Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 12, July 2012. Glossary: http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/top/glossarya_h.html#habit PLANTS Database Growth Habits Codes and Definitions: https://plants.usda.gov/growth_habits_def.html
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lichenous
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/lichenous
- Definition: Organism generally recognized as a single organism that consists of a fungus and an alga or cyanobacterium living in symbiotic association. Often attached to solid objects such as rocks or living or dead wood rather than soil.
- Attribution: Modified from PLANTS Database Growth Habits Codes and Definitions: https://plants.usda.gov/growth_habits_def.html
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habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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moss-dominated vegetation
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000890
- Definition: An area of a planet's surface which is primarily covered by mosses and which is in contact with an atmospheric column extending from the planetary boundary layer to the planet's exosphere with little to no physical obstruction
- Comment: Auto-added during harvest #142. A human needs to edit this.
- Attribution: Arctic Lichens
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trophic guild
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TrophicGuild
- Definition: A group of species that exploit the same food resources, and/or use the same feeding or foraging methods. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild_(ecology)
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symbiotroph
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/symbiotroph
- Definition: A consumer that acquires nutrition from a symbiont
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of orange lichen. View this species on GBIF

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