Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Caliciales 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Fungi
Subregnum: Dikarya
Divisio: Ascomycota
Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina
Classis: Lecanoromycetes
Subclassis: Lecanoromycetidae
Ordo: Caliciales

Familia: Caliciaceae
Genus: Dimelaena
Species: Dimelaena weberi

Name edit

Dimelaena weberi Sheard, 1984


Life habit: Lichenized

Substrate and ecology: On acidic rocks, basalt

World distribution: Southwestern, coastal North America

References edit

  • Sheard, Bryologist 87: 246 (1984)
  • Sheard, J.W. and Mayrhofer, H. (1984) Two new species of the lichenized ascomycete genus Dimelaema Norm. - The Bryologist 87: 246–248.   (RLL List # 122-87 / Rec. # 17185 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (JSTOR)
  • Mayrhofer, H. and Sheard, J.W. (2004) Dimelaena (pp. 93-97) In: Nash III, T.H.; Ryan, B.D.; Diederich, P.; Gries, C. and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 2. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 742 pages.   (RLL List # 196 / Rec. # 25890 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Discussion of Dimelaena weberi: pp. 96-97; distribution map for the Sonoran region: p. 96)

Vernacular names edit

English: Weber's Mountain lichen