Arthonia
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| Arthonia | |
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| Arthonia quintaria | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Arthoniomycetes |
| Order: | Arthoniales |
| Family: | Arthoniaceae |
| Genus: | Arthonia Ach. (1806) |
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| Arthonia radiata | |
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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
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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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References
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- ^ 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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