Biology:Dimelaena oreina
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Short description: Species of lichen-forming fungus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Caliciales |
| Family: | Caliciaceae |
| Genus: | Dimelaena |
| Species: | D. oreina
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| Binomial name | |
| Dimelaena oreina (Ach.) Norman (1853)[2]
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Dimelaena oreina, the golden moonglow lichen, is a greenish yellow placodioid lichen.[3] The color of the greenish yellow thallus is derived from usnic acid in the cortex.[3]
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).[3] It has a worldwide distribution outside the tropics, Australasia, and Antarctica.[3] It is common in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona, California, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora, Mexico, and Chihuahua, Mexico.[3]
In Nepal, Dimelaena oreina has been reported from 3,200 to 4,884 m elevation in a compilation of published records; this reported range extends above the tree line used in the study.[4]
References
- ↑ NatureServe. "Dimelaena oreina" (in en). Arlington, Virginia. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.127591/.
- ↑ Norman JM. (1852). "Conatus praemissus redactionis novae generum nonnullorum Lichenum in organis fructificationes vel sporis fundatae" (in la). Nytt Magazin for Naturvidenskapene 7: 213–52 (see p. 231). https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8152385.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Dimelaena oreina, Encyclopedia of Life
- ↑ Baniya, Chitra Bahadur; Solhøy, Torstein; Gauslaa, Yngvar; Palmer, Michael W. (2010). "The elevation gradient of lichen species richness in Nepal". The Lichenologist 42 (1): 83–96. doi:10.1017/S0024282909008627.
Wikidata ☰ Q10428436 entry
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