Dimelaena
| Dimelaena | |
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| Dimelaena oreina | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Teloschistales |
| Family: | Caliciaceae |
| Genus: | Dimelaena Norman |
| Type species | |
| Dimelaena oreina (Ach.) Norman | |
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]
References
- 1 2 Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2
- ↑ Name Search Results for Scientific Name Dimelaena, USDA,
- ↑ 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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