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{{Short description|Genus of lichens}}
{{Speciesbox
| image =
| parent_authority = Kraichak, Lücking & Lumbsch (2013)
| taxon = Xalocoa ocellata
| authority = ([[Biography:Elias Magnus Fries|Fr.]]) Kraichak, Lücking & Lumbsch (2013)
| synonyms_ref = <ref name="Species Fungorum synonymy"/>
| synonyms = {{Collapsible list|bullets=yes
|''Diploschistes ocellatus'' {{au|(Fr.) Norman (1852)}}
|''Diploschistes ocellatus'' var. ''tenuis'' {{au|Fern.-Brime & Llimona (2013)}}
|''Diploschistes subocellatus'' {{au|(Nyl.) Zahlbr. (1924)}}
|''Lagerheimina ocellata'' {{au|(Fr.) Kuntze (1891)}}
|''Lecanora ocellata'' {{au|Nyl. (1853)}}
|''Lecanora villarsii'' {{au|Ach. (1810)}}
|''Lichen ocellatus'' {{au|Vill. (1789)}}
|''Lichen opegraphus'' * ''ocellata'' {{au|Lam. (1813)}}
|''Parmelia ocellata'' {{au|Fr. (1831)}}
|''Parmelia villarsii'' {{au|(Ach.) Spreng. (1827)}}
|''Placodium ocellatum'' {{au|(Fr.) [[Biography:Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link|Link]] (1833)}}
|''Urceolaria ocellata'' {{au|DC. (1805)}}
|''Urceolaria scruposa'' var. ''ocellata'' {{au|(Lam.) Schaer. (1826)}}
|''Urceolaria subocellata'' {{au|Nyl. (1879)}}
|''Urceolaria villarsii'' {{au|(Ach.) Boistel (1903)}}
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'''''Xalocoa''''' is a single-species fungal [[Biology:Genus|genus]] in the family [[Biology:Graphidaceae|Graphidaceae]].<ref name="CoL"/> The genus was [[Philosophy:Circumscription (taxonomy)|circumscribed]] in 2013 by lichenologists Ekaphan Kraichak, Robert Lücking, and H. Thorsten Lumbsch. It contains '''''Xalocoa ocellata''''', a corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen that was originally [[Biology:Species description|described]] by [[Biography:Elias Magnus Fries|Elias Magnus Fries]] in 1831 (as ''Parmelia ocellata'').<ref name="Kraichak et al. 2013"/>

''Xalocoa'' belongs to the subfamily Graphidoidae, and [[Biology:Tribe|tribe]] Thelotremateae in the Graphidaceae. The genus is characterized by its greyish-white [[Biology:Thallus|thallus]] covered by an {{lichengloss|epinecral}} layer, large apothecioid ascomata with exposed {{lichengloss|discs}} and thick, entire thalline margins, as well as a thin, reduced, {{lichengloss|carbonised|uncarbonised}} {{lichengloss|proper exciple}} that lacks lateral {{lichengloss|paraphyses}}. The genus features a non-{{lichengloss|inspersed}} [[Biology:Hymenium|hymenium]], pale brown, non-[[Biology:Amyloid (mycology)|amyloid]] ascospores, bacilliform {{lichengloss|conidia}}, and contains the [[Chemistry:Norstictic acid|norstictic acid]] {{lichengloss|chemosyndrome}}. The genus name ''Xalocoa'' originates from the [[Social:Catalan language|Catalan]] term {{lang|ca|xaloc}}, which signifies the sirocco, a warm wind that comes from the Sahara and affects Mediterranean regions. The [[Biology:Botanical name|species epithet]] pays tribute to Xavier Llimona, a Catalan researcher known for his work on Mediterranean lichens and his contributions to the taxonomy of the genus ''[[Biology:Diploschistes|Diploschistes]]''.<ref name="Kraichak et al. 2013"/>

==References==
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<ref name="CoL">{{Catalogue of Life |id=88BL |title=''Xalocoa'' |access-date=11 April 2023}}</ref>

<ref name="Kraichak et al. 2013">{{cite journal |last1=Kraichak |first1=Ekaphan |last2=Parnmen |first2=Sittiporn |last3=Lücking |first3=Robert |last4=Lumbsch |first4=H. Thorsten |title=''Gintarasia'' and ''Xalocoa'', two new genera to accommodate temperate to subtropical species in the predominantly tropical Graphidaceae (Ostropales, Ascomycota) |journal=Australian Systematic Botany |volume=26 |issue=6 |year=2013 |doi=10.1071/sb13038 |pages=466|s2cid=86384090 }}</ref>

<ref name="Species Fungorum synonymy">{{cite web |title=Synonymy. Current Name: ''Xalocoa ocellata'' (Fr.) Kraichak, Lücking & Lumbsch, Aust. Syst. Bot. 26(6): 472 (2014) [2013] |url=https://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/SynSpecies.asp?RecordID=805431 |publisher=Species Fungorum |access-date=11 April 2023}}</ref>

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[[Category:Graphidaceae]]

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