Teloschistes exilis | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Teloschistales |
Family: | Teloschistaceae |
Genus: | Teloschistes |
Species: | T. exilis
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Binomial name | |
Teloschistes exilis | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Teloschistes exilis is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), fruticose lichen in the family Teloschistaceae. It was first formally described in 1803 by French botanist André Michaux, as Physcia exilis. [2] Finnish lichenologist Edvard Vainio transferred the taxon to the genus Teloschistes in 1890. [3] The lichen is found in the Americas. Secondary metabolites ( lichen products) that have been identified from the lichen include parietin and teloschistin. [4]
A form of the lichen described by Vilmos Kőfaragó-Gyelnik in 1938, Teloschistes exilis f. inaequalis Gyeln., has been proposed to represent a synonym of Teloschistes nodulifer, after researchers studied Kofarago-Gyelnik's original type material that was collected from Argentina. [5]