Xanthoria

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Xanthoria
Xanthoria polycarpa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Teloschistales
Family: Teloschistaceae
Genus: Xanthoria
(Fr.) Th. Fr.
Type species
Xanthoria parietina
(L.) Beltr.

Xanthoria is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Teloschistaceae.[1] Many species are known commonly as orange wall lichen.[2]

Species include:[2]

  • Xanthoria alaskana
  • Xanthoria alexanderbaai[3]
  • Xanthoria alfredi
  • Xanthoria borealis
  • Xanthoria candelaria
  • Xanthoria concinna
  • Xanthoria elegans - elegant orange wall lichen, elegant sunburst
  • Xanthoria fallax
  • Xanthoria fulva
  • Xanthoria hasseana - Hasse's orange wall lichen
  • Xanthoria karrooensis[3]
  • Xanthoria papillifera
  • Xanthoria parietina
  • Xanthoria polycarpa
  • Xanthoria ramulosa
  • Xanthoria sorediata
  • Xanthoria subramulosa
  • Xanthoria tenax
  • Xanthoria tenuiloba

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References

  1. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota 2007". Myconet (The Field Museum, Department of Botany, Chicago, USA) 13: 158. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Xanthoria. USDA PLANTS.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kärnefelt, I., et al. (2002). Xanthoria karrooensis and X. alexanderbaai (Teloschistaceae), two new lichen species from southern Africa. The Lichenologist 34(4) 333–46.

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