Pyrenodesmia erodens

Pyrenodesmia erodens is a species of crustose lichen in the family Teloschistaceae.^[2] Found in Italy, the lichen was first described in 2003 as a member of the genus Caloplaca.^[3] It was reclassified in the genus Pyrenodesmia in 2013 as part of a larger molecular phylogenetics-informed reorganization of the Teloschistaceae.^[4]

Pyrenodesmia erodens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Teloschistales
Family:	Teloschistaceae
Genus:	Pyrenodesmia
Species:	P. erodens
Binomial name
Pyrenodesmia erodens (Tretiach, Pinna & Grube) Søchting, Arup & Frödén (2013)
Synonyms[1]
Caloplaca erodens Tretiach (2003)