Melanohalea subelegantula

Melanohalea subelegantula
Conservation status
Apparently Secure  (NatureServe) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Parmeliaceae
Genus:	Melanohalea
Species:	M. subelegantula
Binomial name
Melanohalea subelegantula (Essl.) O.Blanco, A.Crespo, Divakar, Essl., D.Hawksw. & Lumbsch (2004)
Synonyms [2]
Parmelia subelegantulaEssl. (1977) Melanelia subelegantula(Essl.) Essl. (1978)

Melanohalea subelegantula is a species of lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It is found in North America, where it grows on bark and wood. The lichen was first formally described as Parmelia subelegantula by Ted Esslinger in 1977. ^[3] A year later he transferred it to the segregate genus Melanelia . ^[4] In 2004, it was moved to the newly circumscribed genus Melanohalea . ^[5] Named for its resemblance to Melanohalea elegantula , it can be distinguished from that species by its slightly flattened, but not hollow, isidia. ^[6]

References

1. NatureServe. "Melanohalea subelegantula". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
2. "Synonymy: Melanohalea subelegantula (Essl.) O. Blanco, A. Crespo, Divakar, Essl., D. Hawksw. & Lumbsch". Species Fungorum . Retrieved 11 February 2021.
3. Esslinger, T.L. (1977). "A chemosystematic revision of the brown Parmeliae". Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory. 42: 89.
4. Esslinger, Theodore L. (1978). "A new status for the brown Parmeliae". Mycotaxon. 7 (1): 45–54.
5. Blanco, Oscar; Crespo, Ana; Divakar, Pradeep K.; Esslinger, Theodore L.; Hawksworth, David L.; Lumbsch, H. Thorsten (2004). "Melanelixia and Melanohalea, two new genera segregated from Melanelia (Parmeliaceae) based on molecular and morphological data". Mycological Research. 108 (8): 433–434. doi:10.1017/S0953756204000723. PMID   15449592.
6. Brodo, Irwin M.; Sharnoff, Sylvia Duran; Sharnoff, Stephen (2001). Lichens of North America. Yale University Press. pp. 440–441. ISBN   978-0300082494.