Teloschistes

Teloschistes is a genus of lichens in the family Teloschistaceae, of which it is the namesake.^[2] It was circumscribed by Norwegian botanist Johannes Musaeus Norman in 1852.^[3] The name of the genus means "split ends".^[4] The genus was originally described as Borrera by Swedish lichenologist Erik Archarius, after English botanist William Borrer, but this name was rejected.^[5][6]

Teloschistes
Teloschistes flavicans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Teloschistales
Family:	Teloschistaceae
Genus:	Teloschistes Norman (1853)
Type species
Teloschistes flavicans (Sw.) Norman (1853)
Species
See text
Synonyms[1]
Borrera Ach. (1809) Tenorea Tornab. (1848) Niorma A.Massal. (1861) Theloschistes Th.Fr. (1861) Teloschistomyces Cif. & E.A.Thomas (1953) Theloschistomyces Cif. & Tomas. (1953)

Species

• Teloschistes caespitosus (Müll.Arg.) Poelt (1962)
• Teloschistes capensis (L.f.) Müll.Arg. (1911)
• Teloschistes chrysophthalmus (L.) Th.Fr. (1861)
• Teloschistes exilis (Michx.) Vain. (1890)
• Teloschistes fasciculatus Hillmann (1938)^[7]
• Teloschistes flavicans (Sw.) Norman (1852)
• Teloschistes inflatus Frödén (2007)^[8]
• Teloschistes perrugosus Müll.Arg. (1891)
• Teloschistes peruensis (Ach.) J.W.Thomson (1968)
• Teloschistes puber (Ach.) Almb. (1989)
• Teloschistes pulvinaris (Zahlbr.) Almb. (1989)
• Teloschistes sieberianus (Laurer) Hillmann (1930)
• Teloschistes spinosus Js.Murray (1960)^[9]
• Teloschistes stellatus (Meyen & Flot.) Müll.Arg. (1883)
• Teloschistes velifer F.Wilson (1889)
• Teloschistes xanthoroides Js.Murray (1960)^[9]