Xanthoria
| Xanthoria | |
|---|---|
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| 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] Common names include orange lichen,[2] orange wall lichen,[3]:134 and sunburst lichen.[3]:134 They can be identified by their characteristic Squamulose morphology with distinctive "fairy cups".
Species include:[2]
- Xanthoria alaskana
- Xanthoria alexanderbaai[4]
- 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[4]
- Xanthoria papillifera
- Xanthoria parietina
- Xanthoria polycarpa
- Xanthoria ramulosa
- Xanthoria sorediata
- Xanthoria subramulosa
- Xanthoria tenax
- Xanthoria tenuiloba
Gallery
Xanthoria sp.
References
- ↑ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany. 13: 1–58. Archived from the original on March 18, 2009.
- 1 2 Xanthoria. USDA PLANTS.
- 1 2 Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2
- 1 2 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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