Species of lichenised fungus
| Rusavskia elegans
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain:
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Eukaryota
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| Kingdom:
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Fungi
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| Division:
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Ascomycota
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| Class:
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Lecanoromycetes
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| Order:
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Teloschistales
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| Family:
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Teloschistaceae
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| Genus:
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Rusavskia
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| Species:
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R. elegans
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| Binomial name
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Rusavskia elegans
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| Synonyms
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- Parmelia elegans (Link) Ach. (1803)
- Placodium elegans (Link) DC. (1805)
- Lecanora elegans (Link) Ach. (1810)
- Squamaria elegans (Link) Fée (1829)
- Physcia elegans (Link) de Not. (1847)
- Callopisma elegans (Link) Trevis. (1852)
- Teloschistes elegans (Link) Norman (1853)
- Amphiloma elegans (Link) Körb. (1855)
- Caloplaca elegans (Link) Th.Fr. (1871)
- Gasparrinia elegans (Link) Stein (1879)
- Caloplaca elegans f. abbrevians (Eitner) Zahlbr. 1931
- Caloplaca elegans f. areolata (Harm.) Mereschk. 1920
- Caloplaca elegans f. confusa (Wedd.) Zahlbr. 1931
- Caloplaca elegans f. crenata (Cromb.) I.M. Lamb 1939
- Caloplaca elegans f. discretula (Müll. Arg.) Zahlbr. 1931
- Caloplaca elegans f. elegans (Link) Th. Fr. 1871
- Caloplaca elegans f. farcta Th. Fr. 1902
- Caloplaca elegans f. fulva (Schaer.) Zahlbr. 1931
- Caloplaca elegans f. orbicularis (Schaer.) Zahlbr. 1931
- Caloplaca elegans f. prolifera Grummann 1931
- Caloplaca elegans f. sordidescens (Vain.) Zahlbr. 1931
- Caloplaca elegans f. subvitellina Suza 1929
- Caloplaca elegans f. tenuis (Wahlenb.) Oxner 1937
- Caloplaca elegans var. athallina (F. Wilson) Zahlbr. 1931
- Caloplaca elegans var. australis (Zahlbr.) Zahlbr. 1924
- Caloplaca elegans var. bifrons (Müll. Arg.) Zahlbr. 1931
- Caloplaca elegans var. brachyloba Zahlbr. 1908
- Caloplaca elegans var. caespitosa Müll. Arg. 1878
- Caloplaca elegans var. compacta Arnold
- Caloplaca elegans var. discopa Th. Fr. 1886
- Caloplaca elegans var. discreta (Schaer.) Zahlbr. 1901
- Caloplaca elegans var. ectaniza (Nyl.) Zahlbr. 1931
- Caloplaca elegans var. elegans (Link) Th. Fr. 1871
- Caloplaca elegans var. ferox (Müll. Arg.) Zahlbr. 1931
- Caloplaca elegans var. gainii (Hue) Zahlbr. 1931
- Caloplaca elegans var. granulosa (Schaer.) Th. Fr. 1871
- Caloplaca elegans var. imbricata (Müll. Arg.) Jatta 1902
- Caloplaca elegans var. laxa (Müll. Arg.) Jatta 1902
- Caloplaca elegans var. lucens Nyl.
- Caloplaca elegans var. muscicola Jatta 1910
- Caloplaca elegans var. pertenuis (Harm.) Lettau 1918
- Caloplaca elegans var. pulvinata (C.W. Dodge & G.E. Baker) Js. Murray 1963
- Caloplaca elegans var. subpapillifera (Vain.) Zahlbr. 1940
- Caloplaca elegans var. subtubulosa Th. Fr. 1873
- Caloplaca elegans var. tenuis (Wahlenb.) Th. Fr. 1871
- Caloplaca elegans var. trachyphylla (Tuck.) Fink 1935
- Caloplaca elegans var. typica Th. Fr. 1871
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Rusavskia elegans (formerly Xanthoria elegans), commonly known as the elegant sunburst lichen,[1] is a lichenized species of fungus in the genus Rusavskia, family Teloschistaceae. Recognized by its bright orange or red pigmentation, this species grows on rocks, often near bird or rodent perches. It has a circumpolar and alpine distribution. It was one of the first lichens to be used for the rock-face dating method known as lichenometry.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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