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Sunburst lichen, the Glossary

Index Sunburst lichen

Sunburst lichen is the common name of generally orange fioliose lichens that are members of the genus Xanthoparmelia or genus Xanthoria.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 6 relations: Foliose lichen, Genus, Lichen, List of common names of lichen genera, Xanthoparmelia, Xanthoria.

  2. Fungus common names

Foliose lichen

A foliose lichen is a lichen with flat, leaf-like, which are generally not firmly bonded to the substrate on which it grows.

See Sunburst lichen and Foliose lichen

Genus

Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.

See Sunburst lichen and Genus

Lichen

A lichen is a symbiosis of algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species, along with a yeast embedded in the cortex or "skin", in a mutualistic relationship.

See Sunburst lichen and Lichen

List of common names of lichen genera

This is a list of common names of lichen genera. Sunburst lichen and list of common names of lichen genera are Fungus common names.

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Xanthoparmelia

Xanthoparmelia (commonly known as green rock shields or rock-shield lichens) is a genus of foliose lichens in the family Parmeliaceae.

See Sunburst lichen and Xanthoparmelia

Xanthoria

Xanthoria is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Teloschistaceae.

See Sunburst lichen and Xanthoria

See also

Fungus common names

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunburst_lichen