Hypotrachyna taylorensis

Hypotrachyna taylorensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Parmeliaceae
Genus: Hypotrachyna
Species:
H. taylorensis
Binomial name
Hypotrachyna taylorensis
(M.E.Mitchell) Hale (1975)
Synonyms[1]
  • Parmelia rugosa Taylor (1836)
  • Parmelia revoluta f. rugosa (Taylor (1936)
  • Parmelia taylorensis M.E.Mitchell (1961)

Hypotrachyna taylorensis is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It was described by the Irish lichenologist Michael Edward Mitchell in 1961, and transferred to genus Hypotrachyna by Mason Hale in 1975.[2]

The lichen occurs in the Appalachians region of North America.[3] It is also found in Britain and Ireland.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Hypotrachyna taylorensis (M.E. Mitchell) Hale 1975". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2012-04-14.
  2. ^ Hale ME. (1974). "Delimitation of the lichen genus Hypotrachyna (Vainio) Hale". Phytologia. 28 (4): 3401–2.
  3. ^ Brodo IM; Sharnoff SD; Sharnoff S; Canadian Museum of Nature (2001). Lichens of North America. Yale University Press. p. 360. ISBN 978-0-300-08249-4.
  4. ^ ""Hypotrachyna taylorensis"". The British Lichen Society.


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