Filsoniana is a genus of squamulose lichens in the family Teloschistaceae. It has six species. It was circumscribed in 2013 by Ingvar Kärnefelt, Arne Thell, Jae-Seoun Hur, Sergey Kondratyuk, and John Elix following a molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Teloschistaceae. The generic name honours Australian lichenologist Rex Filson, "in recognition of his contribution to lichenology, in particular to the lichen flora of Australia".

Genus Filsoniana is distinguished from Caloplaca by its squamulose 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.

Filsoniana

Species

Filsoniana australiensis

Filsoniana ferdinandmuelleri

Filsoniana kiamae

Filsoniana lhasanensis – Tibet

Filsoniana rexfilsonii

Filsoniana scarlatina

References

Teloschistales

Lichen genera

Teloschistales genera

Taxa described in 2013

Taxa named by John Alan Elix

Taxa named by Ingvar Kärnefelt

Taxa named by Sergey Kondratyuk

Taxa named by Arne Thell

Filsoniana