Teloschistes exilis

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]

Teloschistes exilis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Teloschistales
Family: Teloschistaceae
Genus: Teloschistes
Species:
T. exilis
Binomial name
Teloschistes exilis
(Michx.) Vain. (1890)
Synonyms[1]
  • Physcia exilis Michx. (1803)

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]

References
  1. "Record Details: Teloschistes exilis (Michx.) Vain., Acta Soc. Fauna Flora fenn. 7(no. 1): 115 (1890)". Index Fungorum. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  2. Michaux, Andreas (1803). Flora Boreali-Americana (in Latin). Vol. 2. Paris & Strasbourg: Apud fratres Levrault. p. 327.
  3. Vainio, E.A. (1890). "Étude sur la classification naturelle et la morphologie des Lichens du Brésil. Pars prima". Acta Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica (in Latin). 7 (1): 115.
  4. Rosso, María L.; Bertoni, María D.; Adler, Mónica T.; Maier, Marta S. (2003). "Anthraquinones from the cultured lichen mycobionts of Teloschistes exilis and Caloplaca erythrantha". Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. 31 (10): 1197–1200. doi:10.1016/S0305-1978(03)00069-3.
  5. Rodriguez, J.M.; Filippini, E. (2020). "Three new synonyms of lichens based on type collection of Kőfaragó-Gyelnik". Acta Botanica Hungarica. 62 (3–4): 411–416. doi:10.1556/034.62.2020.3-4.8.


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