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

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.:222

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