Brigantiaea leucoxantha

Kingdom:Fungi

Division:Ascomycota

Class:Lecanoromycetes

Order:Teloschistales

Brigantiaea leucoxantha
in Ocala National Forest, Florida, USA
Conservation status
Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Teloschistales
Family:	Brigantiaeaceae
Genus:	Brigantiaea
Species:	B. leucoxantha
Binomial name
Brigantiaea leucoxantha (Spreng.) R.Sant. & Hafellner (1982)
Synonyms[2]
Lecidea leucoxantha Spreng. (1820) Biatora leucoxantha (Spreng.) Bél. (1834) Heterothecium leucoxanthum (Spreng.) A.Massal. (1856) Lopadium leucoxanthum (Spreng.) Zahlbr. (1902) Miltidea leucoxantha (Spreng.) Stirt. (1898) Patellaria leucoxantha (Spreng.) Spreng. (1827) Sporopodium leucoxanthum (Spreng.) Vain. (1921) Xanthocarpia leucoxantha (Spreng.) Hampe (1857)

Brigantiaea leucoxantha is a species of crustose lichen in the family Brigantiaeaceae. It was first described as a new species by German botanist Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel in 1820, as Lecidea leucoxantha.^[3] Rolf Santesson and Josef Hafellner transferred it to the genus Brigantiaea in 1982.^[4]