Caloplaca albovariegata, the variegated orange lichen, is a gray, blue-gray, or dark green crustose areolate lichen that grows on rocks in areas of western North America such as Arizona and California.Caloplaca albovarfietata, Encyclopedia of Life It is common in the Mojave Desert.Photo Gallery, Joshua Tree Lichens, National Park Service It has no prothallus. It is in the genus Caloplaca in the family Teloschistaceae. It is similar to Caloplaca peliophylla, which has lighter brown apothecial discs and a narrower spore isthmus.
See also List of Caloplaca species
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