Dimelaena
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| Dimelaena oreina | |
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| Genus: | Dimelaena Norman
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| Dimelaena oreina (Ach.) Norman
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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
- ^ a b 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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