Dimelaena

Dimelaena is a genus of rimose to areolate placoidioid crustose lichens.[1]:260 It is in the family Caliciaceae. Members of the genus are commonly called mountain lichens,[2] or moonglow lichens.[1]:260 The genus has a widespread distribution and contains eight species.[3]

Dimelaena
Dimelaena oreina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Ascomycota
Class:
Lecanoromycetes
Order:
Teloschistales
Family:
Caliciaceae
Genus:
Dimelaena

Norman
Type species
Dimelaena oreina
(Ach.) Norman

References
  1. Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2
  2. Name Search Results for Scientific Name Dimelaena, USDA
  3. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 209. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.


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