Xanthoria

Xanthoria
	Xanthoria parietina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Teloschistales
Family:	Teloschistaceae
Genus:	Xanthoria; (Fr.) Th.Fr. (1860)
Type species
	Xanthoria parietina; (L.) Th.Fr. (1860)
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	List Parmelia subdiv. Xanthoria Fr. (1825) ; Blasteniospora Trevis. (1853) ; Dufouria Trevis. (1861) ; Nylanderiella Hue (1914) ; Parmocarpus Trevis. (1861) ; Placodium Weber ex F.H.Wigg. (1780) ; Pycnothele Sommerf. (1826) ; Rusavskia S.Y.Kondr. & Kärnefelt (2003) ; Siphonia Fr. (1820) ; Siphula Fr. (1824) ; Xanthoriomyces E.A.Thomas ex Cif. & Tomas. (1953) ;

Xanthoria is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Teloschistaceae. Common names include orange lichen, orange wall lichen,^: 134 and sunburst lichen.^: 134 They can be identified by their characteristic squamulose morphology with distinctive "fairy cups".

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