Hypotrachyna taylorensis

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]

Hypotrachyna taylorensis
Scientific classification
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)

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