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Xanthoria
Sign in to saveXanthoria is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Teloschistaceae. Common names include orange lichen, orange wall lichen, and sunburst lichen. They can be identified by their characteristic squamulose morphology with distinctive "fairy cups".
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- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassLecanoromycetes
- OrderTeloschistales
- FamilyTeloschistaceae
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Xanthoria is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Teloschistaceae. Common names include orange lichen, orange wall lichen, and sunburst lichen. They can be identified by their characteristic squamulose morphology with distinctive "fairy cups".
==Species== , Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts 19 species of Xanthoria. Xanthoria aureola Xanthoria calcicola Xanthoria coomae Xanthoria ectaneoides Xanthoria hypogymnioides Xanthoria ibizaensis Xanthoria juniperina Xanthoria kangarooensis Xanthoria lapalmaensis Xanthoria parietina – common orange lichen, yellow scale, maritime sunburst lichen, shore lichen Xanthoria polessica Xanthoria pylyporlykii – Europe Xanthoria rutilans Xanthoria schummii Xanthoria splendidula Xanthoria ulophyllodes – powdery sunburst lichen Xanthoria whinrayi Xanthoria yorkensis