Xanthopsoroma

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| taxon = Xanthopsoroma

| authority = Elvebakk & S.G.Hong (2010)

| type_species = Xanthopsoroma contextum

| type_species_authority = (Stirt.) Elvebakk & S.G.Hong (2010)

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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 {{au|(Stirt.) Elvebakk & S.G.Hong (2010)}}
Xanthopsoroma soccatum {{au|(R.Br. ex Cromb.) Elvebakk (2010)}}

References

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{{Catalogue of Life |id=88GV |title=Xanthopsoroma |access-date=1 January 2025}}

{{cite journal |last1=Elvebakk |first1=Arve |last2=Robertsen |first2=Eli Helene |last3=Park |first3=Chae Haeng |last4=Hong |first4=Soon Gyu |year=2010 |title=Psorophorus and Xanthopsoroma, two new genera for yellow-green, corticolous and squamulose lichen species, previously in Psoroma |doi=10.1017/S0024282910000083 |journal=The Lichenologist |volume=42 |issue=5 |pages=563–585}}

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Category:Pannariaceae

Category:Lichen genera

Category:Peltigerales genera

Category:Taxa described in 2010

Category:Taxa named by Arve Elvebakk