Name:		Caloplaca elegans Th. Fr., (1871) page 168
Accepted name:		Xanthoria elegans (Link) Th. Fr.
Basionym:		Lichen elegans Link
Status:		Species, lichen-forming
Taxonomic position:		Caloplaca 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 Caloplaca elegans forma crenata (Cromb.) I.M. Lamb Caloplaca elegans forma elegans Caloplaca elegans forma subvitellina Suza Caloplaca elegans forma tenuis (Wahlenb.) Oxner Caloplaca elegans var. athallina (A. Wilson) Zahlbr. Caloplaca elegans var. bifrons (Müll. Arg.) Zahlbr. Caloplaca elegans var. caespitosa Müll. Arg. Caloplaca elegans var. elegans Caloplaca elegans var. gainii (Hue) Zahlbr. Caloplaca elegans var. granulosa (Schaer.) Th. Fr. Caloplaca elegans var. pulvinata (C.W. Dodge & G.E. Baker) B.J. Murray Caloplaca elegans var. subpapillifera (Vain.) Zahlbr. Caloplaca elegans var. tenuis (Wahlenb.) Th. Fr. Caloplaca elegans var. trachyphylla (Tuck.) Fink
Catalogue data:		Zahlbruckner, Catalogus Universalis Lichenum 7: 231, Zahlbruckner, Catalogus Universalis Lichenum 8: 586
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index
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]