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Dimelaena
Sign in to saveDimelaena is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Caliciaceae. Members of the genus are commonly called mountain lichens, or moonglow lichens. They are placodioid crustose lichens, ranging in form from rimose to areolate. The genus has a widespread distribution and contains eight species.
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Vinony's link graph records 11 inbound references to Dimelaena, and connects out to fungi, International Standard Book Number and Wikidata.
It is catalogued under topics including Caliciales, Caliciales genera and Lichen genera.
Vinony links it to 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassLecanoromycetes
- OrderCaliciales
- FamilyCaliciaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 156
- With media
- 103
- Family
- Caliciaceae
- Collections
- US, COLO, MICH, ASU, BRY, UC
- Recorded in
- United States, South Africa, Lesotho, Mexico, Peru, Italy, MéXico, Philippines
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Caliciaceae
- Image
- Golden Moonglow Lichen and Others (3816796922).jpg
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- Commons category
- Dimelaena
- taxon name
- Dimelaena
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxonomic type
- Dimelaena oreina
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Dimelaena is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Caliciaceae. Members of the genus are commonly called mountain lichens, or moonglow lichens. They are placodioid crustose lichens, ranging in form from rimose to areolate. The genus has a widespread distribution and contains eight species.
==Species== Dimelaena australiensis (1984) Dimelaena elevata (1996) Dimelaena ewersii (2017) Dimelaena lichenicola (2013) Dimelaena mayrhoferiana (2018) Dimelaena oreina (1852) Dimelaena radiata (1884 Dimelaena subsquamulosa (2014) Dimelaena tenuis (1996) Dimelaena triseptata (2008)
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