Arthonia | |
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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) |
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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.
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)