Xanthoria

Xanthoria
	Xanthoria parietina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Teloschistales
Family:	Teloschistaceae
Genus:	Xanthoria; (Fr.) Th.Fr. (1860)
Type species
	Xanthoria parietina; (L.) Th.Fr. (1860)
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	List Parmelia subdiv. Xanthoria Fr. (1825) ; Blasteniospora Trevis. (1853) ; Dufouria Trevis. (1861) ; Nylanderiella Hue (1914) ; Parmocarpus Trevis. (1861) ; Placodium Weber ex F.H.Wigg. (1780) ; Pycnothele Sommerf. (1826) ; Rusavskia S.Y.Kondr. & Kärnefelt (2003) ; Siphonia Fr. (1820) ; Siphula Fr. (1824) ; Xanthoriomyces E.A.Thomas ex Cif. & Tomas. (1953) ;

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