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Xanthomendoza
Xanthomendoza is a genus of small, bright orange foliose lichens with lecanorine apothecia. It is in the family Teloschistaceae. The genus contains 17 species distributed in the Americas. Members of the genus are commonly called sunburst lichens or orange lichens because of their bright orange color.:130
22 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Hooded Sunburst Lichen
speciesXanthomendoza fallax
Bare-bottom Sunburst Lichen
speciesXanthomendoza weberi
Poplar Sunburst Lichen
speciesXanthomendoza hasseana
Powdery Sunburst Lichen
speciesXanthomendoza ulophyllodes
Desert Firedot Lichen
speciesXanthomendoza trachyphylla
Bare-bottomed Sunburst Lichen
speciesXanthomendoza fulva
Mountain Sunburst Lichen
speciesXanthomendoza montana
Oregon Sunburst Lichen
speciesXanthomendoza oregana
Xanthomendoza poeltii
speciesXanthomendoza poeltii
Xanthomendoza huculica
speciesXanthomendoza huculica
Xanthomendoza mendozae
speciesXanthomendoza mendozae
Xanthomendoza concinna
speciesXanthomendoza concinna
Xanthomendoza galericulata
speciesXanthomendoza galericulata
New Zealand Sunburst Lichen
speciesXanthomendoza novozelandica
Arctic Sunburst Lichen
speciesXanthomendoza borealis
Xanthomendoza aphrodites
speciesXanthomendoza aphrodites
Xanthomendoza sp. 'BC01'
speciesXanthomendoza sp. 'BC01'
Xanthomendoza gallowayi
speciesXanthomendoza gallowayi
Xanthomendoza subramulosa
speciesXanthomendoza subramulosa
Xanthomendoza rosmarieae
speciesXanthomendoza rosmarieae
Tibell's Sunburst Lichen
speciesGallowayella tibellii
Xanthomendoza coppinsii
speciesXanthomendoza coppinsii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 174748.