Arthonia atra

Arthonia atra

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Arthoniaceae
Genus: Arthonia
Species: Arthonia atra

Name

Arthonia atra (Pers.) A. Schneid., 1898

Basionym

• Opegrapha atra Pers. 1794

Synonyms

• Opegrapha atra Pers., Bot. Mag.: 30 (1794)   [MB#396263]

• Graphis atra (Pers.) Spreng. (1827)   [MB#385560]

• Opegraphomyces atrae E.A.Thomas ex Cif. & Tomas., Atti dell'Istituto Botanico della Università e Laboratorio Crittogamico di Pavia 10 (1): 69 (1953)   [MB#368441]

---

Unresolved names: Opegrapha atra f. atra – Opegrapha atra f. reticulata – Opegrapha atra f. simplicior – Opegrapha atra var. atra – Opegrapha atra var. cubana – Opegrapha atra var. euphorbiae – Opegrapha atra var. phoenicicola

Note:
1. Index Fungorum lists Opegrapha atra as a basionym of Arthonia atra.

2. Mycobank lists Opegrapha atra as a synonym of Arthonia atra.

3. The North American Lichen Checklist includes Opegraph atra as a synonym of Arthonia atra.

Primary references

• A. Schneider, Guide Study Lich.: 131 (1898)

• Schneider, A. 1898: A Guide to the Study of Lichens. :1-234.

Selected reference

• 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 # 216 / Rec.# 30738] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (doi: 10.1016/j.mycres.2008.09.002)

Links

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

• Arthonia atra in Index Fungorum.

• Arthonia atra in MycoBank.