Tayloriella

Villophora is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the subfamily Teloschistoideae of the family Teloschistaceae. Eight species are accepted in the genus. First circumscribed in 2013 and confirmed by a 2021 DNA study, the genus forms a well-supported branch of the Teloschistaceae alongside Josefpoeltia and the better-known Teloschistes. Villophora species make tiny crust-like to thread-like growths coloured by orange anthraquinone pigments and spread mainly by clouds of powdery reproductive granules. They occupy windswept Southern Hemisphere habitats...