''Teloschistes'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
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 cortex or "skin", in a mutualism (biology), m ...
s in the family
Teloschistaceae
The Teloschistaceae are a large family (biology), family of mostly lichen-forming fungi belonging to the class (taxonomy), class Lecanoromycetes in the division (botany), division Ascomycota. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, althoug ...
, of which it is the namesake.
It was
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* Circum ...
by Norwegian botanist
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 ...
in 1852.
The name of the genus means "split ends". The genus was originally described as ''
Borrera'' by Swedish lichenologist
Erik Archarius, after English botanist
William Borrer
William Borrer ( Henfield, Sussex, 13 June 1781 – 10 January 1862) was an English botanist noted for his extensive and accurate knowledge of the plants of the British Islands.
He travelled extensively around Britain to see and collect plants ...
, but this name was rejected.
Species
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Teloschistes caespitosus''
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Teloschistes capensis''
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Teloschistes chrysophthalmus''
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Teloschistes exilis''
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Teloschistes fasciculatus''
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Teloschistes flavicans
''Teloschistes flavicans'', also known as the golden hair-lichen, is a lichenized species of fungus in the genus ''Teloschistes'' (meaning "split-ends"; a reference to the plant's finely divided thallus and dense coils which appear almost like Br ...
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Teloschistes inflatus''
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Teloschistes perrugosus''
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Teloschistes peruensis''
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Teloschistes puber''
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Teloschistes pulvinaris''
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Teloschistes sieberianus''
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Teloschistes spinosus''
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Teloschistes stellatus''
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Teloschistes velifer''
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Teloschistes xanthoroides''
References
Teloschistales
Teloschistales genera
Lichen genera
Taxa described in 1853
Taxa named by Johannes M. Norman
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