Lecanora strobilina

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]

Lecanora strobilina
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[1]
Parmelia strobilina Spreng. (1827)

See also

• List of Lecanora species