Xanthoria

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".

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.

Species include:[2]

  • Xanthoria alaskana
  • Xanthoria alexanderbaai[4]
  • Xanthoria alfredi
  • Xanthoria borealis
  • Xanthoria candelaria
  • Xanthoria concinna
  • Xanthoria elegans – elegant orange wall lichen, elegant sunburst lichen
  • Xanthoria fallax – hooded sunburst lichen[5]
  • Xanthoria fulva
  • Xanthoria hasseana - Hasse's orange wall lichen, poplar sunburst lichen[5]
  • Xanthoria karrooensis[4]
  • Xanthoria papillifera
  • Xanthoria parietina – common orange lichen, yellow scale, maritime sunburst lichen, shore lichen[5]
  • Xanthoria polycarpa – pin-cushion sunburst lichen[5]
  • Xanthoria ramulosa
  • Xanthoria sorediata
  • Xanthoria subramulosa
  • Xanthoria tenax
  • Xanthoria tenuiloba
  • Xanthoria ulypholodes[5] – powdery sunburst lichen
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References
  1. 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.
  2. Xanthoria. USDA PLANTS.
  3. Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2
  4. Kärnefelt, I., et al. (2002). Xanthoria karrooensis and X. alexanderbaai (Teloschistaceae), two new lichen species from southern Africa. The Lichenologist 34(4) 333–46.
  5. Waleski Joe (2007). Lichens of the North Woods Duluth, MN: Kollath+Stensaas


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