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Xanthomendoza

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Xanthomendoza
Xanthomendoza hasseana
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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][2] The genus contains 17 species distributed in the Americas.[3] Members of the genus are commonly called sunburst lichens or orange lichens because of their bright orange color.[1]: 130 

Members Xanthomendoza were formerly classified in the genus Xanthoria, but Xanthomendoza members have rhizenes or scattered holdfasts, while Xanoria do not, and they have different conidia.[1]

Lichen spot tests on the upper cortex are K+ purple, KC-, C-, and P-.[1]

Species

References

  1. ^ a b c d Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2
  2. ^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58. Archived from the original on March 18, 2009.
  3. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 735. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.