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	Xanthoria elegans (LINK) TH.FR.

Fam.: Teloschistales / Crustose Lichens

Synon.: Rusavskia elegans (LINK) S.Y.KONDR. & KÄRNEFELT

Genus: Xanthoria (FR.) TH.FR., Rusavskia (LINK) S.Y.KONDR. & KÄRNEFELT

Authors:
	LINK:	Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link (1767 - 1851), German botanist
	TH.FR.:	Theodor Magnus Fries (1832 - 1913), Swedish lichenologist
	S.Y.KONDR.:	Sergei Yakovlevich Kondratyuk (1959 - ), Ukrainian botanist
	KÄRNEFELT:	Ingvar Kärnefelt (1944 - ), Swedish lichenologist
	FR.:	Elias Magnus Fries (1794 - 1878), Swedish mycologist and botanist

Etymology:
	Xanthoria:	xanthos = yellow
	elegans:	delicate
	Rusavskia:	Ivan K.Rusavski (1907 - 1996), Ukrainer, 'spiritual father' of lichenologist Jan Eric Ingvar KÄRNEFELT (1944 - )

Fig. 1: Xanthoria elegans / Elegant Sunburst Lichen
D Black-Forest, Feldberg 24.6.2007

Fig. 2: Xanthoria elegans / Elegant Sunburst Lichen
D Black-Forest, Feldberg 24.6.2007

Fig. 3: Xanthoria elegans / Elegant Sunburst Lichen
D Black-Forest, Hornisgrinde 22.7.2020

Fig. 4 ZOOM-PHOTO: Xanthoria elegans / Elegant Sunburst Lichen
D Black-Forest, Hornisgrinde 22.7.2020

Fig. 5: Xanthoria elegans / Elegant Sunburst Lichen
A Admont 5.7.2024

Fig. 6: Xanthoria elegans / Elegant Sunburst Lichen
A Admont 5.7.2024

Xanthoria elegans / Elegant Sunburst Lichen, A Dachstein 10.7.2020

Fig. 7: Xanthoria elegans / Elegant Sunburst Lichen (~2700 m)
A Dachstein 10.7.2020

Fig. 8: Xanthoria elegans / Elegant Sunburst Lichen
A Dachstein 10.7.2020

Fig. 9: Xanthoria elegans ? / Elegant Sunburst Lichen
Crete, Arhanes, Jouhtas 30.3.2015

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