Arthonia

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Arthonia
File:Arthonia radiata-2.jpg
Arthonia radiata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Ascomycota
Class:
Arthoniomycetes
Order:
Arthoniales
Family:
Arthoniaceae
Genus:
Arthonia

Ach. (1806)
Type species
Arthonia radiata
(Pers.) Ach. (1808)
Species

See text

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Arthonia is a genus of lichens in the family Arthoniaceae.[1] It was circumscribed by Swedish botanist Erik Acharius in 1806.

It is a genus of thin crustose lichen of widely varying forms, commonly called comma lichens.[2]:222

Gallery

  • Arthonia caesia.jpg

    Arthonia caesia

  • Arthonia caesia-5.jpg

    Photograph of a cross section of an apothecium of A. caesia taken through a compound microscope, x 400.

  • Arthonia caesia-6.jpg

    Photograph of two spores (3-septate, 4-celled) from Arthonia caesia taken through a compound microscope, x 1000. (spores measure 21 x 5 micrometres)

Species

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References

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  2. ↑ Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2

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