{{Short description|Species of fungus}} {{italic title}} {{Speciesbox | image = | image_caption = | genus = Caloplaca | species = nashii | authority = Nav.-Ros., Gaya & Hladún }}
'''''Caloplaca nashii''''' is an orange<ref name=NPSJTL>[https://www.nps.gov/media/photo/gallery.htm?id=3EB5B850-155D-4519-3EC97FCF1D50262A Photo Gallery, Joshua Tree Lichens, National Park Service]</ref> crustose lichen found on calcareous rocks in northern Mexico, southern California, and Baja California.<ref name=EOLCN>[http://eol.org/pages/6605657/overview Caloplaca nashii, Encyclopedia of Life]</ref> It is the most common of many members of the genus ''Caloplaca'' found on rocks in Joshua Tree National Park.<ref name=NPSJTL/> It may sometimes be slightly endolithic (growing inside solid rock).<ref name=EOLCN/> It does not have elongated lobes like some other crustose lichens.<ref name=EOLCN/> It has no prothallus.<ref name=EOLCN/> It is in the ''Caloplaca'' fungus genus of the Teloschistaceae family.<ref name=EOLCN/>
==See also== *List of ''Caloplaca'' species
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Category:Lichen species nashii Category:Lichens described in 2001