''Xanthoria'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
lichen
A lichen ( , ) is a hybrid colony (biology), colony of algae or cyanobacteria living symbiotically among hypha, filaments of multiple fungus species, along with yeasts and bacteria embedded in the cortex or "skin", in a mutualism (biology), m ...
ized
fungi
A fungus (: fungi , , , or ; or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and mold (fungus), molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as one ...
in the family
Teloschistaceae
The Teloschistaceae are a large family (biology), family of mostly lichen-forming fungi belonging to the class (taxonomy), class Lecanoromycetes in the division (botany), division Ascomycota. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, althoug ...
.
Common names include orange lichen,
[''Xanthoria''.]
USDA PLANTS. orange wall lichen,
[Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ] and sunburst lichen.
They can be identified by their characteristic
squamulose
A squamulose lichen is a lichen that is composed of small, often overlapping "scales" called . If they are raised from the substrate and appear leafy, the lichen may appear to be a foliose lichen, but the underside does not have a "skin" (cortex) ...
morphology with distinctive "fairy cups".
Species
,
Species Fungorum
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(in the
Catalogue of Life
The Catalogue of Life (CoL) is an online database that provides an index of known species of animals, plants, fungi, and microorganisms. It was created in 2001 as a partnership between the global Species 2000 and the American Integrated Taxono ...
) accepts 19 species of ''Xanthoria''.
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Xanthoria aureola''
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Xanthoria calcicola''
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Xanthoria coomae
''Xanthoria'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Teloschistaceae. Common names include orange lichen, ''
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Xanthoria ectaneoides
''Xanthoria'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Teloschistaceae. Common names include orange lichen, ''
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Xanthoria hypogymnioides''
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Xanthoria ibizaensis''
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Xanthoria juniperina
''Xanthoria'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Teloschistaceae. Common names include orange lichen, ''
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Xanthoria kangarooensis
''Xanthoria kangarooensis'' is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Teloschistaceae. Found in Australia, it was formally described as a new species in 2009 by lichenologists Sergey Kondratyuk and Ingvar Kärnef ...
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Xanthoria lapalmaensis
''Xanthoria'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Teloschistaceae. Common names include orange lichen, ''
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Xanthoria parietina
''Xanthoria parietina'' is a common and widespread lichen-forming fungus in the family Teloschistaceae. Commonly known as the yellow wall lichen, common orange lichen, or maritime sunburst lichen, this foliose lichen, leafy lichen is known f ...
'' – common orange lichen, yellow scale, maritime sunburst lichen, shore lichen
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*'']Xanthoria polessica
''Xanthoria'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Teloschistaceae. Common names include orange lichen, ''
*''Xanthoria pylyporlykii
''Xanthoria'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Teloschistaceae. Common names include orange lichen, '' Xanthoria rutilans
''Xanthoria'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Teloschistaceae. Common names include orange lichen, ''
*''Xanthoria schummii
''Xanthoria'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Teloschistaceae. Common names include orange lichen, ''
*''Xanthoria splendidula
''Xanthoria'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Teloschistaceae. Common names include orange lichen, ''
*''Xanthoria ulophyllodes
''Xanthoria ulophyllodes'' is a species of mostly saxicolous (corticolous-dwelling) lichen in the family Teloschistaceae. It was formally described as a new species in 1931 by Finnish lichenologist Veli Räsänen. In North America, one vernacula ...
'' – powdery sunburst lichen[Waleski Joe (2007). ''Lichens of the North Woods'' Duluth, MN: Kollath+Stensaas]
*''Xanthoria whinrayi
''Jackelixia whinrayi'' is a lichen in the family Teloschistaceae. It was first described in 2007 by Sergey Kondratyuk and Ingvar Kärnefelt as ''Xanthoria whinrayi'', but was transferred to the genus ''Jackelixia'' in 2009 by Kondratyuk, Nataly ...
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*''Xanthoria yorkensis
''Xanthoria yorkensis'' is a species of corticolous lichen, corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Teloschistaceae. Found in South Australia, it was species description, formally described as a new species in 2009 by lichenol ...
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The taxa
In biology, a taxon (back-formation from ''taxonomy''; : taxa) is a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit. Although neither is required, a taxon is usually known by a particular name and ...
''Xanthoria coomae'' and ''Xanthoria polessica'' were determined to be the same species as ''X. parietina'' in a 2020 publication.type species
In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...
of genus '' Rusavskia''.
References
Teloschistales
Lichen genera
Teloschistales genera
Taxa described in 1825
Taxa named by Elias Magnus Fries
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