Dimelaena
Dimelaena is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Caliciaceae.[1]: 260 Members of the genus are commonly called mountain lichens,[2] or moonglow lichens.[1]: 260 They are placodioid crustose lichens, ranging in form from rimose to areolate.[1] The genus has a widespread distribution and contains eight species.[3]
| Dimelaena | |
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| Dimelaena oreina | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Caliciales |
| Family: | Caliciaceae |
| Genus: | Dimelaena Norman (1852) |
| Type species | |
| Dimelaena oreina (Ach.) Norman (1853) | |
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Species
- Dimelaena australiensis H.Mayrhofer & Sheard (1984)
- Dimelaena elevata Elix, Kalb & Wippel (1996)
- Dimelaena ewersii Elix (2017)
- Dimelaena lichenicola K.Knudsen, Sheard, Kocourk. & H.Mayrhofer (2013)
- Dimelaena mayrhoferiana Aptroot & M.Cáceres (2018)
- Dimelaena oreina (Ach.) Norman (1852)
- Dimelaena radiata (Tuck.) Müll.Arg. (1884
- Dimelaena subsquamulosa Giralt, H.Mayrhofer, van den Boom & Elix (2014)
- Dimelaena tenuis (Müll.Arg.) H.Mayrhofer & Wippel (1996)
- Dimelaena triseptata Aptroot (2008)
References
- 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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