Xanthoria elegans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Teloschistineae
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Lecanoromycetes Subclassis: Lecanoromycetidae Ordo: Teloschistales Subordo: Teloschistineae

Familia: Teloschistaceae
Subfamilia: Xanthorioideae
Genus: Xanthoria
Species: Xanthoria elegans
Varietates: X. e. var. elegans – X. e. var. splendens

Name

Xanthoria elegans (Link) Th. Fr., 1860

Basionym Lichen elegans Link, Ann. Naturgesch. 1: 37 (1791)

Synonyms

Amphiloma elegans (Link) Körb., 1855
Amphiloma elegans (Link) Körb., (1855) var. elegans
Callopisma elegans (Link) Trevis., (1852) [1851-52]
Caloplaca dissidens (Nyl.) Mérat, Bull. Soc. bot. Fr. 67: 195 (1920)
Caloplaca elegans (Link) Th. Fr., Lich. Scand. (Uppsala) 1: 168 (1871)
Caloplaca elegans (Link) Th. Fr., Lich. Scand. (Uppsala) 1: 168 (1871) f. elegans
Caloplaca elegans (Link) Th. Fr., Lich. Scand. (Uppsala) 1: 168 (1871) var. elegans
Gasparrinia elegans (Link) Stein, in Cohn (1879)
Lecanora dissidens (Nyl.) Cromb., 1894
Lecanora elegans (Link) Ach., 1810
Lecanora elegans (Link) Ach., (1810) f. elegans
Lecanora elegans (Link) Ach., (1810) var. elegans
Lichen elegans Link, Ann. Nat. urgesch. 1: 37 (1791)
Lichen elegans Link, (1791) var. elegans
Parmelia elegans (Link) Ach., 1803
Parmelia elegans (Link) Ach., (1803) var. elegans
Physcia dissidens (Nyl.) Arnold, 1881
Physcia elegans (Link) de Not., 1847
Physcia elegans (Link) de Not., 1847 var. elegans
Placodium dissidens Nyl., Flora, Jena 58: 298 (1875)
Placodium elegans (Link) DC., in Lamarck & de Candolle, Fl. franç., Edn 3 (Paris) 2: 379 (1805)
Placodium elegans (Link) DC., (1805) f. elegans
Placodium elegans (Link) DC., (1805) var. elegans
Rusavskia elegans (Link) S.Y. Kondr. & Kärnefelt, Ukr. bot. Zh. 60(4): 434 (2003)
Squamaria elegans (Link) Fée, 1829
Teloschistes elegans (Link) Norman, 1853
Xanthoria elegans (Link) Th. Fr., Lich. Arct.: 69 (1860) subsp. elegans
Xanthoria elegans (Link) Th. Fr., Lich. Arct.: 69 (1860) var. elegans

References

Primary references

Th. Fr., Lich. Arct.: 69 (1860)
Fries, T.M. (1860) Lichenes Arctoi Europae Groenlandiaeque hactenus cogniti. - Upsaliae. **[Mattick Rec.# 33065] - (Recent Literature on Lichens - Mattick No.)**

Additional references

Brodo, I.M., Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Xanthoria (pp. 742-748) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages. **[RLL List # 184 / Rec.# 22465] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Xanthoria elegans and distribution map for North America: p. 744; color photo: p. 744, plate 916)
Dobson, F.S. (2000) (Fourth edition) Xanthoria (pp. 410-413) In, Lichens: An illustrated guide to the British and Irish species. The Richmond Publishing Co., Ltd., Slough, England, 431 pp. **[RLL List # 184 / Rec.# 22402] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Description, distribution map, color photo of Xanthoria elegans: p. 412)
Flenniken, D. (1999) Xanthoria (Fr.) Th. Fr. (pp. 221-224) In The Macrolichens In West Virginia, 231 pages, 26 plates. (Published by D. Flenniken, 2273 Blachleyville Rd, Wooster, Ohio 44691) **[RLL List # 175 / Rec.# 5723] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Xanthoria elegans: pp. 221-222; color photo: Plate 25, H)
Hinds, J.W. and Hinds, P.L. (2007) Xanthoria (Fr.) Th. Fr. (pp. 522-526) In, The Macrolichens of New England. - Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden No. 96. New York Botanical Garden Press, Bronx, New York. 584 pp. **[RLL List # 210 / Rec.# 30032] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Xanthoria elegans: pp. 523-524; color photo: p. 523, fig. 341)
Laundon, J.R. (1992) Xanthoria (Fr.) Th. Fr. 1860 (pp. 187-188) In: Purvis, O.W., Coppins, B.J., Hawksworth, D.L., James, P.W. and Moore, D.M. (eds.) The Lichen Flora of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Natural History Museum Publication, 710 pp. **[RLL List # 151 / Rec.# 15105] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Description of Xanthoria elegans: p. 646)
Lindblom, L. (1997) The genus Xanthoria (Fr.) Th.Fr. in North America. Journal of the Hattori Botanical Lab 83: 75-172. (PDF) Reference page. (Illustration of X. elegans: p. 118)
Lindblom, L. (2004) Xanthoria (pp. 605-611) In: Nash III, T.H.; Ryan, B.D.; Diederich, P.; Gries, C. and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 2. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 742 pages. **[RLL List # 196 / Rec.# 25978] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Xanthoria elegans: pp. 607-608; distribution map for the Sonoran region: p. 607)
McCune, B. and Geiser, L. (2009) Xanthoria (p. 392-398) Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest. (Second Edition) Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, 464 pp. **[RLL List # 216 / Rec.# 31233] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Xanthoria elegans and color photo: p. 396)
St. Clair, L.L. (1999) Xanthoria (Fr.) Th. Fr. (pp. 219-224) In, A color guidebook to common Rocky Mountain lichens. M.L. Bean Life Science Museum of Brigham Young University Publisher, 242 pp. **[RLL List # 180 / Rec.# 21417] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Description of Xanthoria elegans and color photo: p. 221)
Thomson, J.W. (1984) Xanthoria (Fr.) Th. Fr. em Arn. (pp. 481-489). In, American Arctic Lichens: 1. The Macrolichens. Columbia University Press, New York, 504 pages. **[RLL List # 124-96 / Rec.# 18494] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Xanthoria elegans: pp. 482 & 485; sketch and distribution map for the American arctic: p. 484)
van Herk, K. and Aptroot, A. (2004) Xanthoria (Fr.) Th. Fr. (pp. 394-399) In, Veldgids Korstmossen. Koninkliijke Nederlandse Natuurhistorische Vereniging, 423 pages; in Dutch. **[RLL List # 196 / Rec.# 26085] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Xanthoria elegans: p. 396; color photo: p. 397)
Wirth, V. (1995) Xanthoria (Fr.) Th. Fr. (pp. 971-978) - Teil 2 - In, Die Flechten Baden-Württembergs, Teil 1 & 2. Eugen Ulmer GmbH & Co., Stuttgart. 1006 pp.; in German. **[RLL List # 159 / Rec.# 20405] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Discussion of Xanthoria elegans: p. 974; color photo: p. 975)

Links

Links to photos

Pictures of tropical lichens - Xanthoria elegans
Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos - Xanthoria elegans
Flechtenbilder (Lichen Images) by Ulrich Kirschbaum - Xanthoria elegans
The Lichen Herbarium, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway (Photo Gallery) - Xanthoria elegans
Lichen Gallery of Leif and Anita Stridvall - Xanthoria elegans
Irish lichens (photos and descriptions) - Xanthoria elegans
British Lichens - Species Gallery - Xanthoria elegans
British Lichens - Species Gallery - Xanthoria elegans
British Lichens - Species Gallery - Xanthoria elegans

Vernacular names

English: Elegant sunburst lichen, Elegant orange wall lichen
日本語: オオロウソクゴケモドキ
Nederlands: Rood doolermos