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Xanthopsoroma
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Peltigerales
Family:	Pannariaceae
Genus:	Xanthopsoroma Elvebakk & S.G.Hong (2010)
Type species
Xanthopsoroma contextum (Stirt.) Elvebakk & S.G.Hong (2010)

Xanthopsoroma is a small genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Pannariaceae. It contains two species.

Xanthopsoroma was circumscribed as a new genus in 2010 when it was separated from the closely related genus Psoroma. Characteristics of Xanthopsoroma species include the production of usnic acid and a series of distinct triterpenes as well as showing morphological differences from the related Psoroma and Psorophorus.

Species

• Xanthopsoroma contextum (Stirt.) Elvebakk & S.G.Hong (2010)
• Xanthopsoroma soccatum (R.Br. ex Cromb.) Elvebakk (2010)

References

1. "Xanthopsoroma". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
2. Elvebakk, Arve; Robertsen, Eli Helene; Park, Chae Haeng; Hong, Soon Gyu (2010). "Psorophorus and Xanthopsoroma, two new genera for yellow-green, corticolous and squamulose lichen species, previously in Psoroma". The Lichenologist. 42 (5): 563–585. doi:10.1017/S0024282910000083.

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