Arthonia calcarea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Arthoniales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Arthoniomycetes Ordo: Arthoniales

Familia: Arthoniaceae
Genus: Arthonia
Species: Arthonia calcarea

Name

Arthonia calcarea (Turner ex Sm.) Ertz & Diederich, 2009

Homotypic synonyms

• Hysterina calcarea (Turner ex Sm.) Gray, 1821
• Opegrapha calcarea Turner ex Sm., in Smith & Sowerby, Engl. Bot. 25 : tab. 1790 (1807)

Synonyms

• Opegrapha calcarea Turner ex Sm., in Smith & Sowerby, Engl. Bot. 25 : tab. 1790 (1807)

• Hysterina calcarea (Turner ex Sm.) Gray, 1821
• Opegrapha atra f. heteromorpha Stizenb., 1865
• Opegrapha atrula Nyl., 1877
• Opegrapha calcarea var. chevallieri (Leight.) H. Olivier, 1902
• Opegrapha chevallieri Leight., 1854
• Opegrapha chevallieri var. agglomerata Sandst.
• Opegrapha chevallieri var. heteromorpha (Stizenb.) Hepp ex Nyl., 1872
• Opegrapha conferta sensu auct. brit. p.p., 2002
• Opegrapha confluens sensu auct. brit., 2002
• Opegrapha decandollei (Stizenb.) Arnold, 1884
• Opegrapha saxatilis sensu auct. brit. p.max.p., 2002
• Opegrapha saxicola var. decandollei Stizenb., 1865

Primary references

• Ertz & Diederich, in Ertz, Miądlikowska, Lutzoni, Dessein, Raspé, Vigneron, Hofstetter & Deiderich, 2009

• Ertz, D.; Miadlikowska, J.; Lutzoni, F.; Dessein, S.; Raspé, O.; Vigneron, N.; Hofstetter, V. and Diederich, P. (2009) Towards a new classification of the Arthoniales (Ascomycota) based on a three-gene phylogeny focussing on the genus Opegrapha. - Mycological Research 113 (1): 141–152.   **[RLL List # AA / Rec.# 30738] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (DOI: 10.1016/j.mycres.2008.09.002)

References

• Smith, J.E. and Sowerby, J. (1790) English Botany, or Coloured Figures of British Plants with their Essential Characters, Synonymes and Places of Growth. To which will be added Occasional Remarks by James Edward Smith and James Sowerby. The Figures by James Sowerby. XXXVI vols., 1790-1814. - London. (Opegrapha calcarea: Vol. XXV, 1807, tab. 1790)

• van Herk, K. and Aptroot, A. (2004) Opegrapha (pp. 266-275) In, Veldgids Korstmossen. Koninkliijke Nederlandse Natuurhistorische Vereniging, 423 pages; in Dutch.   **[RLL List # 196 / Rec.# 26085] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**   (Description of O. calcarea: pp. 266 & 268; color photo: p. 267)

• Wirth, V. (1995) Opegrapha (pp. 620-629 - Teil 2) In, Die Flechten Baden-Württembergs, Teil 1 & 2. Eugen Ulmer GmbH & Co., Stuttgart. 1006 pp.; in German.   **[RLL List # 159 / Rec.# 20405] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**   (Opegrapha calcarea: p. 624)

Links

• LIAS

• USDA Plants Database

• T.L. Esslinger -- North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#19) 23 March 2014 (list A)

• Arthonia calcarea in Index Fungorum.

• Arthonia calcarea in MycoBank.

Links to photos

• Pictures of tropical lichens - Arthonia calcarea   (as Opegrapha calcarea)

• The Lichen Herbarium, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway (Photo Gallery) - Arthonia calcarea   (as Opegrapha calcarea)

• Irish lichens (photos and descriptions) - Arthonia calcarea   (as Opegrapha calcarea)

Vernacular names

English: Calcareous scribble lichen
Nederlands: Muurschriftmos