Dimelaena is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Caliciaceae.Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, Members of the genus are commonly called mountain lichens,Name Search Results for Scientific Name Dimelaena, USDA 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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