Lecanora strobilina

Lecanora strobilina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Lecanoraceae
Genus: Lecanora
Species:
L. strobilina
Binomial name
Lecanora strobilina
(Spreng.) Kieff. (1895)
Synonyms[1]
  • Parmelia strobilina Spreng. (1827)

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.[2] It is distributed across North America and the Mediterranean but has become established in South America and the Galapagos. [3] 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).[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference urlFungorum: Lecanora strobilina was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.