''Lecanora strobilina'', also known as the mealy rim lichen, is a species of

crustose lichen Crustose lichens are lichens that form a crust which strongly adheres to the Substrate (biology), substrate (soil, rock, tree bark, etc.), making separation from the substrate impossible without destruction. The basic structure of crustose lichen ...

in the family

Lecanoraceae The Lecanoraceae are a family of lichen A lichen ( , ) is a hybrid colony (biology), colony of algae or cyanobacteria living symbiotically among hypha, filaments of multiple fungus species, along with yeasts and bacteria embedded in the c ...

. It was originally described as ''Parmelia strobilina'' by German botanist Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel in 1827. It is distributed across

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and the

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but has become established in South America and the Galapagos. 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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strobilina Lichen species Lichens described in 1827 Lichens of North America Taxa named by Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel {{Lecanorales-stub

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