Species

Xanthoria parietina (Common sunburst lichen)

Xanthoria parietina. Photo: (c) Bruce McCune, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Xanthoria parietina is a foliose, or leafy, lichen. It has wide distribution, and many common names such as common orange lichen, yellow scale, maritime sunburst lichen and shore lichen. It can be found near the shore on rocks or walls (hence the epithet parietina meaning “on walls”), and also on inland rocks, walls, or tree bark. It was chosen as a model organism for genomic sequencing (planned in 2006) by the US Department of Energy Joint

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
  - Phylum: Ascomycota (Ascomycete fungi)
    - Subphylum: Pezizomycotina (Higher ascomycetes)
      - Class: Lecanoromycetes (Common lichens)
        Subclass: Lecanoromycetidae (Shield lichens, sunburst lichens, rosette lichens, and allies)
        Order: Teloschistales (Sunburst lichens and allies)
        Family: Teloschistaceae (Sunburst lichens, firedots, and allies)
        Subfamily: Xanthorioideae
        Genus: Xanthoria (Sunburst lichens)
        Species: Xanthoria parietina (Common sunburst lichen)

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