Dimelaena

Dimelaena
Dimelaena oreina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Caliciales
Family: Caliciaceae
Genus: Dimelaena
Norman (1852)
Type species
Dimelaena oreina
(Ach.) Norman (1853)
Synonyms
  • Dimelaena sect. Dimelaena Norman (1852)
  • Beltraminia Trevis. (1857)

Dimelaena is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Caliciaceae.: 260  Members of the genus are commonly called mountain lichens, or moonglow lichens.: 260  They are placodioid crustose lichens, ranging in form from rimose to areolate. The genus has a widespread distribution and contains eight species.

Species

References

  1. 1 2 3 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.