Xanthoria

Xanthoria
Xanthoria parietina
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Teloschistales
Family: Teloschistaceae
Genus: Xanthoria
(Fr.) Th.Fr. (1860)
Type species
Xanthoria parietina
(L.) Th.Fr. (1860)
Species

See text

Synonyms
List
  • Parmelia subdiv. Xanthoria Fr. (1825)
  • Blasteniospora Trevis. (1853)
  • Dufouria Trevis. (1861)
  • Nylanderiella Hue (1914)
  • Parmocarpus Trevis. (1861)
  • Placodium Weber ex F.H.Wigg. (1780)
  • Pycnothele Sommerf. (1826)
  • Rusavskia S.Y.Kondr. & Kärnefelt (2003)
  • Siphonia Fr. (1820)
  • Siphula Fr. (1824)
  • Xanthoriomyces E.A.Thomas ex Cif. & Tomas. (1953)

Xanthoria is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Teloschistaceae. Common names include orange lichen, orange wall lichen,: 134  and sunburst lichen.: 134  They can be identified by their characteristic squamulose morphology with distinctive "fairy cups".

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