Bellemerea alpina
| Bellemerea alpina | |
|---|---|
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| B. alpina in Salmon-Challis National Forest | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Family: | Lecideaceae |
| Genus: | Bellemerea |
| Species: | B. alpina |
| Binomial name | |
| Bellemerea alpine (Sommerf.) Clauzade & Roux | |
Bellemerea alpina (brown sunken disk lichen) is a white to pale tan, thick crustose areolate lichen that grows on rock in the mountains worldwide.[1] It grows in arctic-alpine habitats in Eurasia, North America (south to California and Arizona), Australia, and New Zealand.[1][2]:228 Areoles are sometimes contiguous and sometimes dispersed.[2]:228 It often has very visible black prothallus.[2]:228 The brown to tan apothecia have a purplish tinge and are grayed by a pruinose coating, and embedded in the areoles, giving a similar appearance to members of the genus Aspicilia.[2]:228 [1]