Filsoniana
| Filsoniana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Teloschistales |
| Family: | Teloschistaceae |
| Genus: | Filsoniana S.Y.Kondr., Kärnefelt, Elix, A.Thell & Hur (2013) |
| Type species | |
| Filsoniana australiensis (S.Y.Kondr., Kärnefelt & Filson) S.Y.Kondr., Kärnefelt, Elix, A.Thell & Hur (2013)
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| Species | |
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F. australiensis | |
Filsoniana is a genus of squamulose lichens in the family Teloschistaceae. It has seven species. The genus was proposed in 2013 following molecular phylogenetic work on the Teloschistaceae, and its name honours the Australian lichenologist Rex Bertram Filson. Species of Filsoniana are typically rock-dwelling and are best represented in Australia, with additional records from New Zealand and Tibet. Filsoniana is distinguished from Caloplaca by its squamulose (scaly) thallus that contains anthraquinones, in the tissue structure comprising the rim (exciple) of the apothecia, and in differences in the cortical layer on the underside of the exciple.