Replaced synonym

• Physcia fallax Hepp ex Arnold, 1858

Competing synonym

• non Physcia fallax (Weber) DC., 1905

Primary references

• Søchting, Kärnefelt & S.Y. Kondr., Mitt. Inst. Allg. Botanik Hamburg 30-32: 237 (2002)

• Søchting, U.; Kärnefelt, I. and Kondratyuk, S.Y. (2002) Revision of Xanthomendoza (Teloschistaceae, Lecanorales) based on morphology, anatomy, secondary metabolites and molecular data. - Mitteilungen aus dem Institut für Allgemeine Botanik in Hamburg 30-32: 225–240.   **[RLL List # 191 / Rec.# 24341] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**

Additional references

• Brodo, I.M.; Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Xanthoria (pp. 742-748) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages.   **[RLL List # 184 / Rec.# 22465] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**   (Description of Xanthoria fallax: pp. 744-745; distribution map for North America: p. 744; color photo: p. 745, plate 917)
• Flenniken, D. (1999) Xanthoria (Fr.) Th. Fr. (pp. 221-224) In The Macrolichens In West Virginia, 231 pages, 26 plates. (Published by D. Flenniken, 2273 Blachleyville Rd, Wooster, Ohio 44691)   **[RLL List # 175 / Rec.# 5723] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**   (Description of Xanthoria fallax: p. 222; color photo: Plate 25, I)
• Hinds, J.W. and Hinds, P.L. (2007) Xanthomendoza S.Y. Kondr. & Kärnefelt (pp. 513-517) In, The Macrolichens of New England. - Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden No. 96. New York Botanical Garden Press, Bronx, New York. 584 pp.   **[RLL List # 210 / Rec.# 30032] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**   (Description of Xanthomendoza fallax: p. 514-515; color photo: p. 514, fig. 335)
• Lindblom, L. (1997) The genus Xanthoria (Fr.) Th.Fr. in North America. Journal of the Hattori Botanical Lab 83: 75-172. (PDF) Reference page.  (Illustration of Xanthoria fallax: p. 162)
• Lindblom, L. (2004) Xanthomendoza (pp. 561-566) In: Nash III, T.H.; Ryan, B.D.; Diederich, P.; Gries, C. and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 2. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 742 pages.   **[RLL List # 196 / Rec.# 25976] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**   (Description of Xanthomendoza fallax: p. 562; distribution map for the Sonoran region: p. 562)
• Wirth, V. (1995) Xanthoria (Fr.) Th. Fr. (pp. 971-978) - Teil 2 - In, Die Flechten Baden-Württembergs, Teil 1 & 2. Eugen Ulmer GmbH & Co., Stuttgart. 1006 pp.; in German.   **[RLL List # 159 / Rec.# 20405] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**   (Description of Xanthoria fallax: p. 974; color photo: p. 975)

Links

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#15) 27 Aug 2009
• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to photos

• Pictures of tropical lichens - Xanthomendoza fallax (as Xanthoria fallax)

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos - Xanthomendoza fallax

• A Flechtenbilder (Lichen Images) by Ulrich Kirschbaum - Xanthomendoza fallax

• The Lichen Herbarium, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway (Photo Gallery) - Xanthomendoza fallax   (as Xanthoria fallax)

• Flickr, Doug Waylett, Photostream - Xanthomendoza fallax

• US Forest Service, Lichens Photo Gallery, Photo by Larry St. Clair - Xanthomendoza fallax