Summary ²

Xanthoria is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Teloschistaceae. Common names include orange lichen, orange wall lichen,:134 and sunburst lichen.:134 They can be identified by their characteristic Squamulose morphology with distinctive "fairy cups".

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