Xanthomendoza
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| Xanthomendoza | |
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| Xanthomendoza mendozae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Teloschistales |
| Family: | Teloschistaceae |
| Genus: | 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] Members of the genus are commonly called sunburst lichens or orange lichens because of their bright orange color.[2]: 130
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]
