Teloschistes chrysophthalmus

Teloschistes chrysophthalmus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Teloschistales
Family: Teloschistaceae
Genus: Teloschistes
Species:
T. chrysophthalmus
Binomial name
Teloschistes chrysophthalmus
(L.) Th.Fr. (1861)
Synonyms
  • Lichen chrysophtalmos L. (1771)
  • Niorma chrysophthalma (L.) S.Y.Kondr., Kärnefelt, Elix, A.Thell, M.H.Jeong & Hur (2013)

Teloschistes chrysophthalmus, sometimes referred to as the gold-eye lichen or golden-eye, is a fruticose lichen with branching lobes. Their sexual structures, apothecia, are bright-orange with spiny projections (cilia) situated around the rim.