Lecanora strobilina
Appearance
| Lecanora strobilina | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Lecanoraceae |
| Genus: | Lecanora |
| Species: | L. strobilina
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| Binomial name | |
| Lecanora strobilina | |
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Lecanora strobilina, also known as the mealy rim lichen, is a species of crustose lichen in the family Lecanoraceae. It was originally described as Parmelia strobilina by German botanist Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel in 1827.[3] It is distributed across North America and the Mediterranean but has become established in South America and the Galapagos. [4] It can be distinguished from other closely-related species in the genus (including L. confusa) by the presence of the polyphenolic compound decarboxysquamatic acid in thin-layer chromatography (TLC).[5]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ NatureServe. "Lecanora strobilina". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
- ^ "Synonymy: Lecanora strobilina (Spreng.) Kieff". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
- ^ Sprengel, C. (1827). Caroli Linnaei systema vegetabilium (in Latin). Göttingen, Sweden: Sumtibus Librariae Dieterichianae. p. 300.
- ^ Bungartz, Frank; Elix, John A.; Printzen, Christian (4 February 2020). "Lecanoroid lichens in the Galapagos Islands: the genera Lecanora, Protoparmeliopsis, and Vainionora". Phytotaxa. 431 (1) – via Biotaxa.
- ^ Nash, T.H. III; Ryan, B.D; Gries, C.; Bungartz, F.; Diedrich, P. (2004). Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert, Vol. 2. Lichens Unlimited. ISBN 0971675910.