| Polycauliona polycarpa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Teloschistales |
| Family: | Teloschistaceae |
| Genus: | Polycauliona |
| Species: | P. polycarpa
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| Binomial name | |
| Polycauliona polycarpa (Hoffm.) Frödén, Arup & Søchting (2013)
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Polycauliona polycarpa is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), foliose lichen in the family Teloschistaceae.3 It was first formally described by German botanist Georg Franz Hoffmann in 1796, as Lobaria polycarpa. It has acquired quite an extensive synonymy in its taxonomic history.2 In 2013, Patrik Frödén and colleagues transferred it to the genus Polycauliona, as part of a molecular phylogenetics-based restructuring of the family Teloschistaceae.4 In northern North America, one vernacular name for the species is pin-cushion sunburst lichen.5
References
References
- NatureServe. "Polycauliona polycarpa". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
- "Synonymy. Current Name: Polycauliona polycarpa (Hoffm.) Frödén, Arup & Søchting, in Arup, Søchting & Frödén, Nordic Jl Bot. 31(1): 53 (2013)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
- "Polycauliona polycarpa (Hoffm.) Frödén, Arup & Søchting". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
- Arup, Ulf; Søchting, Ulrik; Frödén, Patrik (2013). "A new taxonomy of the family Teloschistaceae". Nordic Journal of Botany. 31 (1): 16–83. Bibcode:2013NorJB..31...16A. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.2013.00062.x.
- Brodo, Irwin M.; Sharnoff, Sylvia Duran; Sharnoff, Stephen (2001). Lichens of North America. Yale University Press. pp. 746–747. ISBN 978-0-300-08249-4.