Teloschistes: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Class
- Lecanoromycetes
- Order
- Teloschistales
- Family
- Teloschistaceae
- Genus
- Teloschistes
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Teloschistes
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Teloschistes
Teloschistes is a genus of lichens in the family Teloschistaceae, of which it is the namesake. It was 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 Archarius, after English botanist William Borrer, but this name was rejected.
...Teloschistes in languages:
- Dutch
- Oranje wimpermos
- English
- Hair Lichens
- Russian
- Телосхистес
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
Child Taxa
- Teloschistes capensis
- Teloschistes chrysophthalmus
- Teloschistes costatus
- Teloschistes cymbalifer
- Teloschistes exilis
- Teloschistes fasciculatus
- Teloschistes flavicans
- Teloschistes hypoglaucus
- Teloschistes inflatus
- Teloschistes perrugosus
- Teloschistes peruensis
- Teloschistes puber
- Teloschistes pulvinaris
- Teloschistes sieberianus
- Teloschistes spinosus
- Teloschistes velifer
- Teloschistes verrucosus
- Teloschistes xanthorioides































































































































































