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 Edit this 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

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  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.