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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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]