Punctelia toxodes

Punctelia toxodes is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. The lichen is a member of the Punctelia rudecta species complex. Found in South Africa, it was first formally described as a new species by English botanist James Stirton in 1878 as Parmelia toxodes.^[2] Klaus Kalb and Manuela Götz transferred it to the genus Punctelia in 2007.^[3] In his 1878 publication, Stirton did not designate a type specimen, so an epitype was designated in a 2016 publication. This epitype was collected from the Cape Floristic Region of South Africa, on Paarl Mountain at an altitude of 530 m (1,740 ft). The lichen grows on bark and on rocks.^[4]

Punctelia toxodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Parmeliaceae
Genus:	Punctelia
Species:	P. toxodes
Binomial name
Punctelia toxodes (Stirt.) Kalb & M.Götz (2007)
Synonyms[1]
Parmelia toxodes Stirt. (1878)