Xanthocarpia
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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) | |
Xanthocarpia is a genus of mostly crustose lichens in the family Teloschistaceae.[1] It has 12 species with a largely Northern Hemisphere distribution.
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]
