Orange Lichen on Rocks, Coles Bay

Orange Caloplaca lichen cover this rock at Coles Bay, Freycinet Peninsula, Tasmania. I believe this is the same lichen as Bay of Fires.

This lichen is in the Caloplaca genus but I do not know the species.
There is more about this species at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caloplaca

Here is a brief article on complexity of lichens from the Tasmanian museum

Thanks to Nuytsia@Tas for help in figuring out the genus - it had me stumped.

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