Dimelaena oreina
| Dimelaena oreina | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Teloschistales |
| Family: | Physciaceae |
| Genus: | Dimelaena |
| Species: | D. oreina |
| Binomial name | |
| Dimelaena oreina (Ach.) Norman (1853)[1] | |
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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]
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]
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).
- 1 2 3 4 5 Dimelaena oreina, Encyclopedia of Life
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