Polycauliona candelaria

Polycauliona candelaria
Conservation status
Secure  (NatureServe) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Teloschistales
Family:	Teloschistaceae
Genus:	Polycauliona
Species:	P. candelaria
Binomial name
Polycauliona candelaria (L.) Frödén, Arup & Søchting (2013)
Synonyms [2]
Lichen candelariusL. (1753) Xanthoria candelaria(L.) Th.Fr. (1861) Teloschistes candelarius(L.) Fink (1935)

Polycauliona candelaria is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichen in the family Teloschistaceae. ^[3] It was one of the first lichens formally described by Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in his 1753 work Species Plantarum . Since then, the taxon has acquired a long and extensive synonymy. ^[2] It was finally transferred to the genus Polycauliona by Ulf Arup and colleagues in 2013, as part of a molecular phylogenetics-based restructuring of the family Teloschistaceae. ^[4] In North America, one vernacular name is shrubby sunburst lichen. ^[5]

References

1. NatureServe. "Polycauliona candelaria". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
2. "Synonymy. Current Name: Polycauliona candelaria (L.) Frödén, Arup & Søchting, in Arup, Søchting & Frödén, Nordic Jl Bot. 31(1): 51 (2013)". Species Fungorum . Retrieved 19 October 2023.
3. "Polycauliona candelaria (L.) Frödén, Arup & Søchting". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
4. Arup, Ulf; Søchting, Ulrik; Frödén, Patrik (2013). "A new taxonomy of the family Teloschistaceae". Nordic Journal of Botany. 31 (1): 16–83. Bibcode:2013NorJB..31...16A. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.2013.00062.x.
5. Brodo, Irwin M.; Sharnoff, Sylvia Duran; Sharnoff, Stephen (2001). Lichens of North America. Yale University Press. p. 74. ISBN   978-0-300-08249-4.