Xanthomaculina

Xanthomaculina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Parmeliaceae
Genus: Xanthomaculina
Hale (1985)
Type species
Xanthomaculina hottentotta
(Ach.) Hale (1985)
Species

X. convoluta
X. frondosa
X. hottentotta

Xanthomaculina is a genus of lichenised ascomycetes in the large family Parmeliaceae. It is a genus of only three currently accepted species, found in Africa. Xanthomaculina lichens have an umbilicate growth form.

Synapomorphic characters for this genus include: a unique cortical chemistry, an umbilicate growth form, distinctive conidial morphology, the presence of cilia, and a vaulted cortex.[1]

References

  1. Hale ME. (1985). "Xanthomaculina Hale, A new lichen genus in the Parmeliaceae (Ascomycotina)". The Lichenologist 17: 255–265. doi:10.1017/S0024282985000329.
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