The Lichenologist

Table of Contents - 2004 - Volume 36, Issue 3-4  

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Short Communications

Caloplaca britannica common in non-maritime environments

André  Aptroot a1 and C. M.  van Herk a2
a1 Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, P.O. Box 85167, NL-3508 AD Utrecht, The Netherlands
a2 Lichenologisch Onderzoeksbureau Nederland, Goudvink 47, NL-3766 WK Soest, The Netherlands

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The genus Caloplaca is taxonomically difficult. Many species are characterized by a combination of morphological traits, and there are only a few useful microscopic characters. The secondary chemistry is rather uniform and of little taxonomic value, notwithstanding the usually bright pigmentation.