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Hypotrachyna taylorensis

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Species of lichen

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
  • 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.

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

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.
Taxon identifiers
Hypotrachyna taylorensis
Parmelia taylorensis


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