Polycauliona polycarpa

Polycauliona polycarpa
Conservation status
Secure  (NatureServe) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Teloschistales
Family:	Teloschistaceae
Genus:	Polycauliona
Species:	P. polycarpa
Binomial name
Polycauliona polycarpa (Hoffm.) Frödén, Arup & Søchting (2013)
Synonyms [2]
List Lobaria polycarpaHoffm. (1796) Lichen polycarpus (Hoffm.) Ehrh. (1799) Parmelia candelaria var. polycarpa(Hoffm.) Ach. (1803) Lecanora candelaria var. polycarpa(Hoffm.) Ach. (1810) Placodium polycarpum(Hoffm.) Frege (1812) Parmelia polycarpa (Hoffm.) Spreng. (1820) Psoroma polycarpum(Hoffm.) Gray (1821) Parmelia parietina var. polycarpa(Hoffm.) Fr. (1831) Squamaria candelaria var. polycarpa(Hoffm.) Hook. (1833) Lobaria parietina var. polycarpa(Hoffm.) Fürnr. (1839) Squamaria polycarpa(Hoffm.) Sm. (1844) Parmelia parietina f. polycarpa(Hoffm.) Körb. (1846) Imbricaria parietina f. polycarpa(Hoffm.) Flot. (1850) Physcia parietina var. polycarpa(Hoffm.) A.Massal. (1852) Physcia parietina f. polycarpa(Hoffm.) Körb. (1855) Teloschistes parietinus var. polycarpus(Hoffm.) Tuck. (1866) Physcia polycarpa(Hoffm.) Linds. (1869) Xanthoria lychnea var. polycarpa(Hoffm.) Th.Fr. (1871) Physcia parietina subsp. polycarpa(Hoffm.) Lamy (1880) Xanthoria parietina f. polycarpa(Hoffm.) Arnold (1881) Teloschistes parietinus subsp. polycarpus(Hoffm.) Tuck. (1882) Teloschistes polycarpus(Hoffm.) Tuck. (1882) Xanthoria polycarpa(Hoffm.) Rieber (1891) Xanthoria lychnea f. polycarpa(Hoffm.) Eitner (1901) Xanthoria lychnea subsp. polycarpa(Hoffm.) Hasse (1913) Massjukiella polycarpa(Hoffm.) S.Y.Kondr., Fedorenko, S.Stenroos, Kärnefelt, Elix, Hur & A.Thell (2012)

Polycauliona polycarpa is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), fruticose lichen in the family Teloschistaceae. ^[3] It was first formally described by German botanist Georg Franz Hoffmann in 1796, as Lobaria polycarpa. It has acquired quite an extensive synonymy in its taxonomic history. ^[2] In 2013, Patrik Frödén and colleagues transferred it to the genus Polycauliona , as part of a molecular phylogenetics-based restructuring of the family Teloschistaceae. ^[4] In northern North America, one vernacular name for the species is pin-cushion sunburst lichen. ^[5]

References

1. NatureServe. "Polycauliona polycarpa". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
2. "Synonymy. Current Name: Polycauliona polycarpa (Hoffm.) Frödén, Arup & Søchting, in Arup, Søchting & Frödén, Nordic Jl Bot. 31(1): 53 (2013)". Species Fungorum . Retrieved 21 September 2023.
3. "Polycauliona polycarpa (Hoffm.) Frödén, Arup & Søchting". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 21 September 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. pp. 746–747. ISBN   978-0-300-08249-4.