Xenolecia

Xenolecia is a genus of saxicolous (rock-dwelling) and crustose lichens in the family Lecideaceae.^[1] It has two species: X. cataractarum, and the type species, X. spadicomma. The genus was circumscribed by German lichenologist Hannes Hertel in 1987 to contain the type, a lichen known at that time only from the type locality on Wellington Island, Chile.^[2] Its range has since been expanded to include the Falkland Islands and northern Patagonia. X. cataractarum, found in Campbell Island, New Zealand was added to the genus in 2017.^[3]

Xenolecia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecideales
Family:	Lecideaceae
Genus:	Xenolecia Hertel (1984)
Type species
Xenolecia spadicomma (Nyl.) Hertel (1984)
Species
X. cataractarum X. spadicomma