Arthonia
Genus of lichens
Arthonia | |
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Arthonia quintaria | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Arthoniomycetes |
Order: | Arthoniales |
Family: | Arthoniaceae |
Genus: | Arthonia Ach. (1806) |
Type species | |
Arthonia radiata (Pers.) Ach. (1808) | |
Species | |
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
- Photograph of a cross section of an apothecium of A. caesia taken through a compound microscope, x 400.
- Photograph of two spores (3-septate, 4-celled) from Arthonia caesia taken through a compound microscope, x 1000. (spores measure 21 x 5 micrometres)
Selectes species
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