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Xanthocarpia

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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.

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  1. KingdomFungi
  2. PhylumAscomycota
  3. ClassLecanoromycetes
  4. OrderTeloschistales
  5. FamilyTeloschistaceae

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Xanthocarpia
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Xanthocarpia
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A. Massal. & De Not.
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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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