title: Dimelaena
text: # Dimelaena
  
  Dimelaena is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family $Caliciaceae.^{:260}$ Members of the genus are commonly called mountain lichens, or moonglow $lichens.^{:260}$ They are placodioid crustose lichens, ranging in form from rimose to areolate. The genus has a widespread distribution and contains eight species.
  
  ## Species
  
  * Dimelaena australiensis H.Mayrhofer & Sheard (1984)
  * Dimelaena elevata Elix, Kalb & Wippel (1996)
  * Dimelaena ewersii Elix (2017)
  * Dimelaena lichenicola K.Knudsen, Sheard, Kocourk. & H.Mayrhofer (2013)
  * Dimelaena mayrhoferiana Aptroot & M.Cáceres (2018)
  * Dimelaena oreina (Ach.) Norman (1852)
  * Dimelaena radiata (Tuck.) Müll.Arg. (1884
  * Dimelaena subsquamulosa Giralt, H.Mayrhofer, van den Boom & Elix (2014)
  * Dimelaena tenuis (Müll.Arg.) H.Mayrhofer & Wippel (1996)
  * Dimelaena triseptata Aptroot (2008)
  