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Arthonia

Arthonia
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

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Arthonia is a genus of lichens in the family Arthoniaceae. 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.

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)


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