''Andina'' is a single-species fungal

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

in the family

Teloschistaceae The Teloschistaceae are a large family of mostly lichen-forming fungi belonging to the class Lecanoromycetes in the division Ascomycota. The family, estimated to contain over 1800 species, was extensively revised in 2013, including the creati ...

. It contains the

crustose lichen Crustose lichens are lichens that form a crust which strongly adheres to the substrate (soil, rock, tree bark, etc.), making separation from the substrate impossible without destruction. The basic structure of crustose lichens consists of a cor ...

''Andina citrinoides'', found in the Bolivian Andes. The genus was circumscribed in 2021 by Karina Wilk, Maciej Pabijan, and

Robert Lücking Robert Lücking (born 1964) is a German lichenologist. He is a leading expert on foliicolous lichens–lichens that live on leaves. Life and career Born in Ulm in 1964, Lücking earned both his master's (1990) and PhD degree (1994) at the Univ ...

. ''Andina'' has a

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relationship to a clade containing '' Elixjohnia'' and '' Sirenophila'', and all three of these genera make a clade that is sister to '' Teloschistopsis'' and '' Haloplaca''. The generic name ''Andina'' refers to the Andes Mountains, where the

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was collected. The species epithet ''citrinoides'' alludes to the lichen's similarity with '' Flavoplaca citrina''.

References

Teloschistales Lichen species Lichens described in 2021 Taxa named by Robert Lücking Lichens of Bolivia {{Teloschistales-stub