Name:		Xanthoria elegans Th. Fr., (1861) page 69
Basionym:		Lichen elegans Link
Synonym(s):		Caloplaca elegans (Link) Th. Fr. (1871)
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 elegans forma areolata (Harm.) Mereschk. Xanthoria elegans subsp. compacta (Arnold ex Nyl.) Clauzade & Cl. Roux Xanthoria elegans subsp. elegans Xanthoria elegans subsp. orbicularis (E.A. Schaer.) Clauzade & Cl. Roux Xanthoria elegans var. caespitosa (Müll. Arg.) Poelt Xanthoria elegans var. ectaniza (Nyl.) Clauzade & Rondon Xanthoria elegans var. elegans Xanthoria elegans var. granulifera Giralt, Nimis & Poelt Xanthoria elegans var. splendens (Darb.) M.S. Christ. ex Poelt Xanthoria elegans var. tenuis (Wahlenb.) Th. Fr.
Catalogue data:		Zahlbruckner, Catalogus Universalis Lichenum 7: 234
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index Biological Records Database (81 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]