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).

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