Elegant sunburst lichen
- kingdom: Fungi
- phylum: Ascomycota
- class: Lecanoromycetes
- order: Teloschistales
- family: Teloschistaceae
- genus: Xanthoria
- species: Xanthoria elegans
- Austria
- Grande Cache
Alberta- Saint Andrews
New Brunswick- Torbay
Newfoundland and Labrador- Cap-Chat
- La Malbaie
Quebec
Canada- Horní Stropnice
Jihočeský
Czech Republic- Germany
- Szentgotthárd
Vas
Hungary- Predoi - Prettau
Trentino-Alto Adige
Italy- Amecameca de Juárez
México
Mexico- Bratislava
Bratislavský
Slovakia- Walzenhausen
Appenzell Ausserrhoden- Rheineck
Saint Gallen
Switzerland- Sunderland
- Whitburn
England
United Kingdom- Grand Canyon Village
Arizona- Mission Canyon
- Monterey
- Pacific Grove
California- Harbor Springs
Michigan- Granite Falls
- Mankato
- Winona
Minnesota- Helena
Montana- Reno
Nevada- Penn Yan
- Springville
New York- Rapid City
South Dakota- Carbonville
- Price
Utah- Waterville
Washington
United States