Xanthocarpia is a genus of mostly crustose lichens in the family Teloschistaceae.[1] It has 12 species with a largely Northern Hemisphere distribution.
| Xanthocarpia | |
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| Xanthocarpia crenulatella | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Teloschistales |
| Family: | Teloschistaceae |
| Genus: | Xanthocarpia A.Massal. & De Not. (1853) |
| Type species | |
| Xanthocarpia ochracea (Schaer.) A.Massal. & De Not. (1853) | |
Taxonomy
editThe genus was originally circumscribed in 1859 by Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo and Giuseppe De Notaris,[2] with Xanthocarpia ochracea as the type species. This species has tetralocular ascospores (i.e. divided into 4 chambers).[3]
Description
editXanthocarpia has a thallus that is either crust-like (crustose) or like a shield or plate attached on the lower surface at a single central point (peltate). In some cases, the thallus is absent; in all cases, a cortex is absent. The lichen contains anthraquinones compounds. Xanthocarpia species often have apothecia, which are coloured yellow to orange. These apothecia are zeorine, meaning that the proper exciple (the ring-shaped layer surrounding the hymenium) is enclosed in the thalline exciple. Pycnidia can be present or absent; the conidia have a bacilliform to narrowly ellipsoid shape.[3]
Species
editMost Xanthocarpia species occur in the Northern Hemisphere. Several are found in southeastern Europe, with a collective distribution extending from the Mediterranean to the Arctic.[3] As of January 2026[update], Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts 14 species of Xanthocarpia.[4]
- Xanthocarpia aquensis (Houmeau & Cl.Roux) Frödén, Arup & Søchting (2013)
- Xanthocarpia bisagnonis (B.de Lesd.) Cl.Roux (2024)
- Xanthocarpia borysthenica (Khodos. & S.Y.Kondr.) Frödén, Arup & Søchting (2013)
- Xanthocarpia crenulatella (Nyl.) Frödén, Arup & Søchting (2013)
- Xanthocarpia diffusa (Vondrák & Llimona) Frödén, Arup & Søchting (2013)
- Xanthocarpia epigaea (Søchting, Huneck & Etayo) Frödén, Arup & Søchting (2013)
- Xanthocarpia erichansenii (S.Y.Kondr., A.Thell, Kärnefelt & Elix) Frödén, Arup & Søchting (2013)
- Xanthocarpia feracissima (H.Magn.) Frödén, Arup & Søchting (2013)
- Xanthocarpia ferrarii (Bagl.) Frödén, Arup & Søchting (2013)
- Xanthocarpia fulva (Harm.) Nav.-Ros. & Cl.Roux (2023)[5]
- Xanthocarpia interfulgens (Nyl.) Frödén, Arup & Søchting (2013)
- Xanthocarpia jerramungupensis (S.Y.Kondr., Kärnefelt & Elix) S.Y.Kondr., Kärnefelt, A.Thell, Elix, Jung Kim, A.S.Kondr. & Hur (2013)
- Xanthocarpia lacteoides (Nav.-Ros. & Hladun) Nav.-Ros. (2022)
- Xanthocarpia marmorata (Bagl.) Frödén, Arup & Søchting (2013)
- Xanthocarpia ochracea (Schaer.) A.Massal. & De Not. (1853)
- Xanthocarpia tominii (Savicz) Frödén, Arup & Søchting (2013)
References
edit- ↑ Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:11336/151990.
- ↑ Massalongo, A. (1853). Alcuni generi di licheni nuovamente limitati e descritti (in Italian). p. 11.
- 1 2 3 Arup, Ulf; Søchting, Ulrik; Frödén, Patrik (2013). "A new taxonomy of the family Teloschistaceae". Nordic Journal of Botany. 31 (1): 16–83. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.2013.00062.x.
- ↑ Species Fungorum. "Xanthocarpia". Catalog of Life. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
- ↑ Arup, U.; Bertrand, M.; Navarro-Rosinés, P.; Nimis, P.L.; Roux, C.; Søchting, U. (2023). "Taxonomy and nomenclature of a much misunderstood Mediterranean lichen, Caloplaca subochracea auct. (Lichenized Ascomycota, Teloschistaceae)". Borziana. 4: 33–49.