Arthonia calcarea

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Arthoniales 

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

Familia: Arthoniaceae
Genus: Arthonia
Species: Arthonia calcarea

Name edit

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


Homotypic synonyms edit

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

Synonyms edit

  • 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 edit

  • 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 edit

  • 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 edit


Links to photos edit

  • 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 edit

English: Calcareous scribble lichen
Nederlands: Muurschriftmos