| Dimelaena oreina | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Caliciales |
| Family: | Caliciaceae |
| Genus: | Dimelaena |
| Species: | D. oreina |
| Binomial name | |
| Dimelaena oreina | |
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Dimelaena oreina, thegolden moonglow lichen, is a greenish yellowplacodioid lichen.[3] The color of the greenish yellowthallus is derived fromusnic acid in thecortex.[3]
The lichen grows on steep surfaces of hardsiliceous 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 theSonoran Desert ofArizona,California,Baja California,Baja California Sur,Sonora, Mexico, andChihuahua, Mexico.[3]
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