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
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Dimelaena australiensis (1984)
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Dimelaena elevata (1996)
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Dimelaena ewersii (2017)
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Dimelaena lichenicola (2013)
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Dimelaena mayrhoferiana (2018)
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Dimelaena oreina (1852)
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Dimelaena radiata (1884
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Dimelaena subsquamulosa (2014)
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Dimelaena tenuis (1996)
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Dimelaena triseptata (2008)