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Dimelaena oreina

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Species of lichen

Dimelaena oreina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Caliciales
Family: Caliciaceae
Genus: Dimelaena
Species: D. oreina
Binomial name
Dimelaena oreina
(Ach.) Norman (1853)
Synonyms
  • Lecanora straminea var. oreina Ach. (1810)

Dimelaena oreina, the golden moonglow lichen, is a greenish yellow placodioid lichen. The color of the greenish yellow thallus is derived from usnic acid in the cortex.

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). It has a worldwide distribution outside the tropics, Australasia, and Antarctica. It is common in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona, California, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora, Mexico, and Chihuahua, Mexico.

References

  1. 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).
  2. ^ Dimelaena oreina, Encyclopedia of Life
Taxon identifiers
Dimelaena oreina
Lecanora straminea var. oreina


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