Common Sunburst Lichen
Xanthoria parietina
Summary 2
Xanthoria parietina is a foliose, or leafy, lichen. It has wide distribution, and many common names such as common orange lichen, yellow scale, maritime sunburst lichen and shore lichen. It can be found near the shore on rocks or walls (hence the epithet parietina meaning "on walls"), and also on inland rocks, walls, or tree bark. It was chosen as a model organism for genomic sequencing (planned in 2006) by the US Department of Energy Joint
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- (c) Drow_male, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/13913252@N04/2078727835/
- (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xanthoria_parietina
Mais informações
- BioDiversity4All taxon page
- Atlas of Living Australia
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- CalPhotos
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- Maryland Biodiversity Project
- Mushroom Observer
- NatureServe Explorer 2.0
- NBN Atlas
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- USDA PLANTS database
- Ways of Enlichenment
