Teloschistes flavicans

Teloschistes flavicans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Teloschistales
Family:	Teloschistaceae
Genus:	Teloschistes
Species:	T. flavicans
Binomial name
Teloschistes flavicans (Sw.) Norman (1852)
Synonyms[1]
List Lichen flavicans Sw. (1788) Physcia flavicans DC. Borreri flavicans (Sw.) Ach. Parmelia flavicans (Tuck.) Parmelia perlata var. flavicans Tuck.

Teloschistes flavicans, also known as the golden hair-lichen, is a lichenized species of fungus in the genus Teloschistes (meaning "split-ends";^[2] a reference to the plant's finely divided thallus and dense coils which appear almost like brillopads), family Teloschistaceae. Recognized by its saffron-coloured pigmentation, this widespread fruticose lichen grows on rocks and branches of trees. It was first named and scientifically described in 1788 by Swedish botanist, Olof Swartz, who called it Lichen flavicans.^[3] Johannes Norman transferred it to the genus Teloschistes in 1852.^[4]

References

1. "Teloschistes flavicans (Sw.) Norman Golden Hair-Lichen". NBN atlas. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
2. "Golden hair lichen | Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust". www.ios-wildlifetrust.org.uk. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
3. Swartz, O.P. 1788. Nova genera et species Plantarum seu prodromus descriptioneum vegetabilium maximam parte incognitorum qua sub itinere in Indiam Occidentalem annis 1783-1787 digessit Olof Swartz M.D.
4. Norman, J.M. (1852). "Conatus praemissus redactionis novae generum nonnullorum Lichenum in organis fructificationes vel sporis fundatae". Nytt Magazin for Naturvidenskapene. 7: 213–252.