Dimelaena oreina
Dimelaena oreina (golden moonglow lichen) is a greenish yellow placodioid lichen.[2] The color of the greenish yellow thallus is derived from usnic acid in the cortex.[2]
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Habitat and range
The lichen grows on steep surfaces of hard siliceous rock from 400 to 2,800 metres (1,300 to 9,200 ft).[2] It has a worldwide distribution outside the tropics, Australasia, and Antarctica.[2] It is common in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona, California, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora, Mexico, and Chihuahua, Mexico.[2]
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References
- Norman JM. (1852). "Conatus praemissus redactionis novae generum nonnullorum Lichenum in organis fructificationes vel sporis fundatae". Nytt Magazin for Naturvidenskapene (in Latin). 7: 213–52 (see p. 231).
- Dimelaena oreina, Encyclopedia of Life
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