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
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| Xanthomendoza mendozae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Teloschistales |
| Family: | Teloschistaceae |
| Genus: | Xanthomendoza S.Y.Kondr. & Kärnefelt (1997) |
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| Xanthomendoza mendozae (Räsänen) S.Y.Kondr. & Kärnefelt (1997)
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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]
Species
editAs of January 2024[update], Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts nine species of Xanthomendoza:[3]
- Xanthomendoza hermonii (S.Y.Kondr.) Frödén, Arup & Søchting (2013)
- Xanthomendoza huculica (S.Y.Kondr.) Diederich (2014)
- Xanthomendoza kashiwadanii S.Y.Kondr. & Kärnefelt (2009)[4]
- Xanthomendoza leoncita Bungartz & Søchting (2020)[5] – Galápagos Islands
- Xanthomendoza mendozae (Räsänen) S.Y.Kondr. & Kärnefelt (1997)
- Xanthomendoza oregana (Gyeln.) Søchting, Kärnefelt & S.Y.Kondr. (2002)
- Xanthomendoza pruinosa (Hillmann) Søchting, Kärnefelt & S.Y.Kondr. (2002)
- Xanthomendoza sogdiana S.Y.Kondr. & Kudratov (2010)
- Xanthomendoza subramulosa (Räsänen) Søchting, Kärnefelt & S.Y.Kondr. (2002)
References
edit- ^ Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; LKT, Al-Ani; S, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; Tsurykau, Andrei; Mesic, Armin; Navathe, Sudhir; Papp, Viktor; Oliveira Fiuza, Patrícia; Vázquez, Víctor; Gautam, Ajay; Becerra, Alejandra G.; Ekanayaka, Anusha; K. C., Rajeshkumar; Bezerra, Jadson; Matočec, Neven; Maharachchikumbura, Sajeewa; Suetrong, Satinee (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998.
- ^ a b c Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2
- ^ Source dataset. Species Fungorum Plus: Species Fungorum for CoL+. "Xanthomendoza". Catalog of Life Version 2022-02-18. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
- ^ Kondratyuk, S.Y.; Kärnefelt, I.; Elix, J.A.; Thell, A. (2009). "Contributions to the Teloschistaceae, with particular reference to the Southern Hemisphere". Bibliotheca Lichenologica. 100 (389): 207–282 [275].
- ^ Bungartz, Frank; Søchting, Ulrik; Arup, Ulf (2020). "Teloschistaceae (lichenized Ascomycota) from the Galapagos Islands: a phylogenetic revision based on morphological, anatomical, chemical, and molecular data". Plant and Fungal Systematics. 65 (2): 515–576. doi:10.35535/pfsyst-2020-0030.
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