Dimelaena

Dimelaena
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. 1 2 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.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dimelaena.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, November 02, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.