Hypotrachyna taylorensis is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It was described by the Irish lichenologist Michael Edward Mitchell in 1961, and transferred to genus Hypotrachyna by Mason Hale in 1975.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Parmeliaceae |
| Genus: | Hypotrachyna |
| Species: | H. taylorensis
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| Hypotrachyna taylorensis (M.E.Mitchell) Hale (1975)
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The lichen occurs in the Appalachians region of North America.[3] It is also found in Britain and Ireland.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Hypotrachyna taylorensis (M.E. Mitchell) Hale 1975". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2012-04-14.
- ^ Hale ME. (1974). "Delimitation of the lichen genus Hypotrachyna (Vainio) Hale". Phytologia. 28 (4): 3401–2.
- ^ Brodo IM; Sharnoff SD; Sharnoff S; Canadian Museum of Nature (2001). Lichens of North America. Yale University Press. p. 360. ISBN 978-0-300-08249-4.
- ^ ""Hypotrachyna taylorensis"". The British Lichen Society.
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