Teloschistes

Teloschistes
Teloschistes flavicans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Teloschistales
Family:	Teloschistaceae
Genus:	Teloschistes Norman (1853)
Type species
Teloschistes flavicans (Sw.) Norman (1853)
Species
See text
Synonyms [1]
Borrera Ach. (1809) Tenorea Tornab. (1848) Niorma A.Massal. (1861) Theloschistes Th.Fr. (1861) Teloschistomyces Cif. & E.A.Thomas (1953) Theloschistomyces Cif. & Tomas. (1953)

Teloschistes is a genus of lichens in the family Teloschistaceae, of which it is the namesake. ^[2] It was circumscribed by Norwegian botanist Johannes Musaeus Norman in 1852. ^[3] The name of the genus means "split ends". ^[4] The genus was originally described as Borrera by Swedish lichenologist Erik Archarius, after English botanist William Borrer, but this name was rejected. ^{[5] [6]}

Species

• Teloschistes caespitosus (Müll.Arg.) Poelt (1962)
• Teloschistes capensis (L.f.) Müll.Arg. (1911)
• Teloschistes chrysophthalmus (L.) Th.Fr. (1861)
• Teloschistes exilis (Michx.) Vain. (1890)
• Teloschistes fasciculatus Hillmann (1938) ^[7]
• Teloschistes flavicans (Sw.) Norman (1852)
• Teloschistes inflatus Frödén (2007) ^[8]
• Teloschistes perrugosus Müll.Arg. (1891)
• Teloschistes peruensis (Ach.) J.W.Thomson (1968)
• Teloschistes puber (Ach.) Almb. (1989)
• Teloschistes pulvinaris (Zahlbr.) Almb. (1989)
• Teloschistes sieberianus (Laurer) Hillmann (1930)
• Teloschistes spinosus Js.Murray (1960) ^[9]
• Teloschistes stellatus (Meyen & Flot.) Müll.Arg. (1883)
• Teloschistes velifer F.Wilson (1889)
• Teloschistes xanthoroides Js.Murray (1960) ^[9]

References

1. "Synonymy: Teloschistes Norman". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
2. Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi: 10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8 . hdl: 11336/151990 .
3. Norman, J.M. (1852). "Conatus praemissus redactionis novae generum nonnullorum Lichenum in organis fructificationes vel sporis fundatae". Nytt Magazin for Naturvidenskapene (in Latin). 7: 213–252 (see p. 228).
4. "Teloschistes flavicans (Sw.) Norman". NBM atlas. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
5. Smith, Val (2023-01-01). Common Ground: Who's who in New Zealand botanical names. Supplement Two: Who's who in New Zealand botanical names. Supplement Two.
6. "Borerra Ach". BIOTA of NEW ZEALAND. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
7. Hillmann, J. (1940). "Hawaiische Flechten aus den gattungen Haematomma, Parmelia, Cetraria, Xanthoria, Teloschistes und Anaptychia, in F.Mattick, Die Flechten der Hawaii-Inseln". Feddes Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis (in German). 29: 187–206.
8. Frödén, P.; Kärnefelt, I. (2007). "Two new species of Teloschistes J.M.Norman: T. arabicus and T. inflatus and notes on the Teloschistes flora of Africa". Bibliotheca Lichenologica. 95: 183–223.
9. Murray, J. (1960). "Studies of New Zealand lichens. II - The Teloschistaceae". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 88: 197–210.