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Xanthoria

Xanthoria
Xanthoria.polycarpa.-.lindsey.jpg
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.

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 include:

Xanthoria sp.

Xanthoria parietina



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