Arthonia is a genus of lichens in the family Arthoniaceae.[2] It was circumscribed by Swedish botanist Erik Acharius in 1806.

Arthonia
Arthonia quintaria
Scientific classification Edit this 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[1]
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  • 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)

It is a genus of thin crustose lichen of widely varying forms, commonly called comma lichens.[3]: 222 

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References

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  1. ^ "Synonymy. Current Name: Arthonia Ach., Neues J. Bot. 1(3. Stück): 3 (1806)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  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.
  3. ^ Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2