''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 (soil, rock, tree bark, etc.), making separation from the substrate impossible without destruction. The basic structure of crustose lichens consists of a cor ...

in the family

Lecanoraceae The Lecanoraceae are a family of lichenized fungi in the order Lecanorales. Species of this family have a widespread distribution. Taxonomy Lecanoraceae was circumscribed by German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber Gustav Wilhelm Körber ...

. It was originally described as ''Parmelia strobilina'' by German botanist

Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel (3 August 1766 – 15 March 1833) was a German botanist and physician who published an influential multivolume history of medicine, ''Versuch einer pragmatischen Geschichte der Arzneikunde'' (1792–99 in four vo ...

in 1827. It is distributed across North America and the

Mediterranean The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western Europe, Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa ...

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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