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