Buellia concinna, the cinnabar button lichen, is a pale yellow to greenish or brownish bullate (bubble-like) to granular crustose lichen that prefers siliceous rock and cliff faces in temperate to subarctic, subalpine and alpine climates throughout the Northern Hemisphere.[1]: 229–30 [2] In North America, it prefers higher altitudes such as in the Sierra Nevada range.[1]: 229–30  Lecideine apothecia are sessile on the thallus and are .2–.8 mm (0.0079–0.0315 in) in diameter with black discs.[2] Lichen spot tests are C+ orange or pinkish, K+ yellow, KC− but CK+ orange, and it is UV+ yellow to ultraviolet light.[1]: 229–30  Secondary metabolites include arthothelin, isoarthothelin, 6-O-methylarthothelin, 4, 5-dichloronorlichexanthone, 4, 5-dichloro-6-O-methylnorlichexanthone, asemone, thiophanic acid, gyrophoric acid, lecanoric acid, and orsellinic acid.[2]

Buellia concinna
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Caliciales
Family: Caliciaceae
Genus: Buellia
Species:
B. concinna
Binomial name
Buellia concinna
Th. Fr.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2
  2. ^ a b c Buellia concina, Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Nash, T.H., Ryan, B.D., Gries, C., Bugartz, F., (eds.) 2001, [1]