Melanohalea elegantula

Melanohalea elegantula, commonly known as the elegant camouflage lichen,^[3] is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It was first described by Alexander Zahlbruckner in 1894 as Parmelia aspidota var. elegantula. Hungarian lichenologist Ödön Szatala promoted it to full species status, as Parmelia elegantula, in 1930. Theodore Esslinger transferred it to the genus Melanelia in 1978.^[4] Finally, it was assigned to the newly circumscribed genus Melanohalea in 2004.^[5]

Division:Ascomycota

Class:Lecanoromycetes

Order:Lecanorales

Family:Parmeliaceae

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Melanohalea elegantula
Conservation status
Secure (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Parmeliaceae
Genus:	Melanohalea
Species:	M. elegantula
Binomial name
Melanohalea elegantula (Zahlbr.) O.Blanco, A.Crespo, Divakar, Essl., D.Hawksw. & Lumbsch (2004)
Synonyms[2]
Parmelia aspidota var. elegantula Zahlbr. (1894) Parmelia elegantula (Zahlbr.) Szatala (1930) Melanelia elegantula (Zahlbr.) Essl. (1978)

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