Xanthomendoza | |
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Xanthomendoza mendozae | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Teloschistales |
Family: | Teloschistaceae |
Genus: |
Xanthomendoza S.Y.Kondr. & Kärnefelt (1997) |
Type species | |
Xanthomendoza mendozae (
Räsänen) S.Y.Kondr. & Kärnefelt (1997)
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Xanthomendoza is a genus of small, bright orange foliose lichens with lecanorine apothecia. It is in the family Teloschistaceae. [1] Members of the genus are commonly called sunburst lichens or orange lichens because of their bright orange color. [2]: 130
Members of Xanthomendoza were formerly classified in the genus Xanthoria, but Xanthomendoza members have rhizenes or scattered holdfasts, while Xanthoria do not, and they have different conidia. [2]
Lichen spot tests on the upper cortex are K+ purple, KC−, C−, and P−. [2]
As of January 2024 [update], Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts nine species of Xanthomendoza: [3]
Xanthomendoza | |
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Xanthomendoza mendozae | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Teloschistales |
Family: | Teloschistaceae |
Genus: |
Xanthomendoza S.Y.Kondr. & Kärnefelt (1997) |
Type species | |
Xanthomendoza mendozae (
Räsänen) S.Y.Kondr. & Kärnefelt (1997)
|
Xanthomendoza is a genus of small, bright orange foliose lichens with lecanorine apothecia. It is in the family Teloschistaceae. [1] Members of the genus are commonly called sunburst lichens or orange lichens because of their bright orange color. [2]: 130
Members of Xanthomendoza were formerly classified in the genus Xanthoria, but Xanthomendoza members have rhizenes or scattered holdfasts, while Xanthoria do not, and they have different conidia. [2]
Lichen spot tests on the upper cortex are K+ purple, KC−, C−, and P−. [2]
As of January 2024 [update], Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts nine species of Xanthomendoza: [3]