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Golden Moonglow Lichen in Allegany Co., Maryland (7/11/2014).
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Golden Moonglow Lichen in Frederick Co., Maryland (6/19/2022). (c) Gina, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Golden Moonglow Lichen in Caroline Co., Maryland (3/27/2022). (c) Wayne Longbottom, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Golden Moonglow Lichen in Allegany Co., Maryland (8/2/2022). (c) Birder20714, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Source: Wikipedia
Dimelaena oreina | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Caliciales |
Family: | Caliciaceae |
Genus: | Dimelaena |
Species: | D. oreina
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Binomial name | |
Dimelaena oreina | |
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Dimelaena oreina, the golden moonglow lichen, is a greenish yellow placodioid lichen.[2] The color of the greenish yellow thallus is derived from usnic acid in the cortex.[2]
Habitat and range
[edit]The lichen grows on steep surfaces of hard siliceous rock from 400 to 2,800 metres (1,300 to 9,200 ft).[2] It has a worldwide distribution outside the tropics, Australasia, and Antarctica.[2] It is common in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona, California, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora, Mexico, and Chihuahua, Mexico.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Norman JM. (1852). "Conatus praemissus redactionis novae generum nonnullorum Lichenum in organis fructificationes vel sporis fundatae". Nytt Magazin for Naturvidenskapene (in Latin). 7: 213–52 (see p. 231).
- ^ a b c d e Dimelaena oreina, Encyclopedia of Life