Trebouxia decolorans

Trebouxia decolorans
Scientific classification
Clade: Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Trebouxiophyceae
Order: Trebouxiales
Family: Trebouxiaceae
Genus: Trebouxia
Species:
T. decolorans
Binomial name
Trebouxia decolorans
Ahmadjian, 1960
Synonyms
  • Trebouxia albulescens Giudeci de Nicola & Di Benedetto, 1962
  • Pseudotrebouxia decolorans (Ahmadjian) P.A.Archibald, 1975

Trebouxia decolorans is a widespread and common symbiotic species of green alga that is found in association with different species of lichen-forming fungi. Some lichens in which it is the photobiont partner are Xanthoria parietina and Anaptychia ciliaris.