Xanthocarpia
Genus of lichen-forming fungi
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Xanthocarpia is a genus of mostly crustose lichens in the family Teloschistaceae.[1] It has 12 species with a largely Northern Hemisphere distribution.
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| Xanthocarpia | |
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| Xanthocarpia crenulatella | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Teloschistales |
| Family: | Teloschistaceae |
| Genus: | Xanthocarpia A.Massal. & De Not. (1853) |
| Type species | |
| Xanthocarpia ochracea (Schaer.) A.Massal. & De Not. (1853) | |
Taxonomy
The genus was originally circumscribed in 1859 by Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo and Giuseppe De Notaris,[2] with Xanthocarpia ochracea as the type species. This species has tetralocular ascospores (i.e. divided into 4 chambers).[3]
Description
Xanthocarpia has a thallus that is either crust-like (crustose) or like a shield or plate attached on the lower surface at a single central point (peltate). In some cases, the thallus is absent; in all cases, a cortex is absent. The lichen contains anthraquinones compounds. Xanthocarpia species often have apothecia, which are coloured yellow to orange. These apothecia are zeorine, meaning that the proper exciple (the ring-shaped layer surrounding the hymenium) is enclosed in the thalline exciple. Pycnidia can be present or absent; the conidia have a bacilliform to narrowly ellipsoid shape.[3]
Species
Most Xanthocarpia species occur in the Northern Hemisphere. Several are found in southeastern Europe, with a collective distribution extending from the Mediterranean to the Arctic.[3] As of January 2026[update], Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts 14 species of Xanthocarpia.[4]
- Xanthocarpia aquensis (Houmeau & Cl.Roux) Frödén, Arup & Søchting (2013)
- Xanthocarpia bisagnonis (B.de Lesd.) Cl.Roux (2024)
- Xanthocarpia borysthenica (Khodos. & S.Y.Kondr.) Frödén, Arup & Søchting (2013)
- Xanthocarpia crenulatella (Nyl.) Frödén, Arup & Søchting (2013)
- Xanthocarpia diffusa (Vondrák & Llimona) Frödén, Arup & Søchting (2013)
- Xanthocarpia epigaea (Søchting, Huneck & Etayo) Frödén, Arup & Søchting (2013)
- Xanthocarpia erichansenii (S.Y.Kondr., A.Thell, Kärnefelt & Elix) Frödén, Arup & Søchting (2013)
- Xanthocarpia feracissima (H.Magn.) Frödén, Arup & Søchting (2013)
- Xanthocarpia ferrarii (Bagl.) Frödén, Arup & Søchting (2013)
- Xanthocarpia fulva (Harm.) Nav.-Ros. & Cl.Roux (2023)[5]
- Xanthocarpia interfulgens (Nyl.) Frödén, Arup & Søchting (2013)
- Xanthocarpia jerramungupensis (S.Y.Kondr., Kärnefelt & Elix) S.Y.Kondr., Kärnefelt, A.Thell, Elix, Jung Kim, A.S.Kondr. & Hur (2013)
- Xanthocarpia lacteoides (Nav.-Ros. & Hladun) Nav.-Ros. (2022)
- Xanthocarpia marmorata (Bagl.) Frödén, Arup & Søchting (2013)
- Xanthocarpia ochracea (Schaer.) A.Massal. & De Not. (1853)
- Xanthocarpia tominii (Savicz) Frödén, Arup & Søchting (2013)