Kingdom Fungi Class Lecanoromycetes Family Physciaceae Rank Species | Division Ascomycota Order Teloschistales Genus Dimelaena | |
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Similar Diploschistes scruposus, Rinodina, Amandinea, Aspicilia cinerea, Diplotomma | ||
Dimelaena oreina (golden moonglow lichen) is a greenish yellow placodioid lichen. The color of the greenish yellow thallus is derived from usnic acid in the cortex.
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). It has a worldwide distribution outside the tropics, Australasia, and Antarctica. It is common in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona, California, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora, Mexico, and Chihuahua, Mexico.
References
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