Xanthocarpia
Sign in to saveXanthocarpia is a genus of mostly crustose lichens in the family Teloschistaceae. It has 12 species with a largely Northern Hemisphere distribution.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassLecanoromycetes
- OrderTeloschistales
- FamilyTeloschistaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 16
- Family
- Teloschistaceae
- Collections
- MSC, LD, UPS, SBBG
- Recorded in
- Portugal, Italy, United States, Sweden
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Description
- Species
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Xanthocarpia is a genus of mostly crustose lichens in the family Teloschistaceae. It has 12 species with a largely Northern Hemisphere distribution.
==Taxonomy== The genus was originally circumscribed in 1859 by Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo and Giuseppe De Notaris, with Xanthocarpia ochracea as the type species. This species has tetralocular ascospores (i.e. divided into 4 chambers).
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