Arthonia

Arthonia
	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
	about 300
Synonyms
	List Conioloma Flörke (1815) ; Trachylia Fr. (1817) ; Naevia Fr. (1824) ; Celidium Tul. (1852) ; Celidiopsis A.Massal. (1856) ; Conida A.Massal. (1856) ; Spilodium A.Massal. (1856) ; Phacothecium Trevis. (1857) ; Craterolechia A.Massal. (1860) ; Glyphidium A.Massal. (1860) ; Caldesia Trevis. (1869) ; Arthonia subgen. Allarthonia Nyl. (1878) ; Arthonia sect. Lecideopsis Almq. (1880) ; Mycoporum subgen. Dermatina Almq. (1880) ; Dermatina (Almq.) Arnold (1881) ; Asterotrema Müll.Arg. (1884) ; Arthoniopsis Müll.Arg. (1890) ; Coccopeziza Har. & P.Karst. (1890) ; Lecideopsis (Almq.) Rehm (1891) ; Allarthonia (Nyl.) Müll.Arg. (1895) ; Mycarthonia Reinke (1895) ; Arthonia subgen. Allarthothelium Vain. (1896) ; Pseudoarthonia Marchand (1896) ; Conidella Elenkin (1901) ; Allarthonia (Nyl.) Zahlbr. (1903) ; Allarthothelium (Vain.) Zahlbr. (1908) ; Merarthonis Clem. (1909) ; Manilaea Syd. & P.Syd. (1914) ; Charcotia Hue (1915) ; Phlegmophiale Zahlbr. (1926) ; Allarthoniomyces E.A.Thomas (1939) ; Mycasterotrema Räsänen (1943) ; Xerodiscus Petr. (1943) ; Tomaselliella Cif. (1952) ; Allarthotheliomyces Cif. & Tomas. (1953) ; Aulaxinomyces Cif. & Tomas. (1953) ; Arthoniomyces E.A.Thomas ex Cif. & Tomas. (1953) ; Tomaselliellomyces Cif. (1953) ; Ameropeltomyces Bat. & H.Maia (1967) ;

Arthonia is a genus of lichens in the family Arthoniaceae.^[2] 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.^[3]^: 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

References

^ "Synonymy. Current Name: Arthonia Ach., Neues J. Bot. 1(3. Stück): 3 (1806)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.
^ Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2

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[Species_Fungorum_synonymy-1] "Synonymy. Current Name: Arthonia Ach., Neues J. Bot. 1(3. Stück): 3 (1806)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 19 September 2024.

[OoA-2] Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.

[SSFGCL-3] Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2

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