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Teloschistes Puber
''Teloschistes'' is a genus of lichens in the family Teloschistaceae, of which it is the namesake. It was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed by Norwegian botanist Johannes Musaeus Norman in 1852. The name of the genus means "split ends". The genus was originally described as ''Borrera'' by Swedish lichenologist Erik Acharius, Erik Archarius, after English botanist William Borrer, but this name was rejected. Species *''Teloschistes caespitosus'' *''Teloschistes capensis'' *''Teloschistes chrysophthalmus'' *''Teloschistes exilis'' *''Teloschistes fasciculatus'' *''Teloschistes flavicans'' *''Teloschistes inflatus'' *''Teloschistes perrugosus'' *''Teloschistes peruensis'' *''Teloschistes puber'' *''Teloschistes pulvinaris'' *''Teloschistes sieberianus'' *''Teloschistes spinosus'' *''Teloschistes stellatus'' *''Teloschistes velifer'' *''Teloschistes xanthoroides'' References Teloschistales Teloschistales genera Lichen genera Taxa described in 1853 Taxa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannes Musaeus Norman
Johannes Musæus Norman (1823–1903) was a Norwegian botanist, trained as a medical doctor. Norman was the son of a priest, took artium in 1840 and graduated in medicine in 1847. After a short time as a military doctor in the First Schleswig War, he worked from 1849–1857 exclusively with botany. Partly on exploration trips in Gudbrandsdalen, in Western Norway and in Western Finnmark; partly during further education in Paris and Vienna and partly as a research fellow at University of Oslo. He also completed this chapter of his life, and trained as a forester in 1858–1860, in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria. Upon his return, he was appointed Forester in Troms and Finnmark, a position he held from 1860–1876. He is credited for introducing the 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 cortex or "skin", in a mutualism (bio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |