Name:		Xanthoria polycarpa Rieber, Jahrsbericht Ver. Vaterl. Naturk. Würlt. 47 (1891) page 252
Basionym:		Lobaria polycarpa Hoffm.
Synonym(s):		Physcia lychnea var. polycarpa Hoffm. Physcia parietina var. polycarpa (Hoffm.) A. Massal.
Status:		Species, lichen-forming
Taxonomic position:		Xanthoria (Fr.) Th. Fr. [Genus] Teloschistaceae Zahlbr. [Family] Teloschistales D. Hawksw. & O.E. Erikss. [Order] Lecanoromycetidae P.M. Kirk, P.F. Cannon, J.C. David & Stalpers ex Miądl., Lutzoni & Lumbsch [Subclass] Lecanoromycetes O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Class] Pezizomycotina O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Subdivision / Subphylum] Ascomycota Caval.-Sm. [Division / Phylum] Fungi R.T. Moore [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Subspecific taxa Xanthoria polycarpa forma decolorata Hillmann Xanthoria polycarpa forma papillosa de Lesd. Xanthoria polycarpa forma polycarpa Xanthoria polycarpa forma santiagoensis Räsänen Xanthoria polycarpa var. angusta de Lesd. Xanthoria polycarpa var. bimarginata Mereschk. Xanthoria polycarpa var. evanescens Erichsen Xanthoria polycarpa var. irnbricata de Lesd. Xanthoria polycarpa var. maritima I.M. Lamb Xanthoria polycarpa var. papillosa (de Lesd.) Hillmann Xanthoria polycarpa var. polycarpa Xanthoria polycarpa var. spinosa de Lesd. Xanthoria polycarpa var. substellaris (Ach.) Elenkin Xanthoria polycarpa var. verrucimarginata Hillmann
Catalogue data:		Zahlbruckner, Catalogus Universalis Lichenum 7: 303, Zahlbruckner, Catalogus Universalis Lichenum 8: 590
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index Biological Records Database (80 records)
Links:		Fungal Databases [Systematic Botany and Mycology, USDA] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] Index Fungorum Landcare [New Zealand] Mycobank New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Fungus Dried Reference Collection]