Lecanora strobilina

Lecanora strobilina
Conservation status
Secure  (NatureServe) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Lecanoraceae
Genus:	Lecanora
Species:	L. strobilina
Binomial name
Lecanora strobilina (Spreng.) Kieff. (1895)
Synonyms [2]
Parmelia strobilinaSpreng. (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. ^[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

• List of Lecanora species

References

1. NatureServe. "Lecanora strobilina". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
2. "Synonymy: Lecanora strobilina (Spreng.) Kieff". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
3. Sprengel, C. (1827). Caroli Linnaei systema vegetabilium (in Latin). Göttingen, Sweden: Sumtibus Librariae Dieterichianae. p. 300.
4. 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.
5. 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.