Arthonia intexta

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Arthoniaceae
Genus: Arthonia
Species: Arthonia intexta
Varietates: A. i. var. intexta – A. i. var. pauperrima

Name

Arthonia intexta Almq., 1880

Life habit: Lichenicolous fungus (parasite on living lichens)

Host: In ascomata of Lecidella spp.   (Grube 2007, p. 49)

Synonyms

• Arthonia parasemoides Nyl., Mém. Soc. Sci. nat. Cherbourg 2: 330 (1854)

• Celidium varians f. parasemoides (Nyl.) Arnold

• Lecidea arthoniza Nyl.

Primary references

• Almquist, S. (1880) Monographia Arthoniarum Scandinaviae. Kongl. Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, Stockholm 17: 1–69.   **[Mattick Rec. # 25204] - (Recent Literature on Lichens - Mattick No.)**   (Arthonia intexta: p. 60)

Selected reference

• Grube, M. (2007) Arthonia (pp. 39-61) In: Nash III, T.H., Gries, C., and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 3. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 567 pages.   **[RLL List # 210 / Rec.# 30003] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**   (Description of Arthonia intexta: p. 49.)

• Hertel, H. (1969) Arthonia intexta Almqu., ein vielfach verkannter fruchtkörperloser Flechtenparasit. Ber. Deut. Bot. Gesells. 82: 209–220.   **[RLL List # 72 / Rec.# 8416] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**   (Illustrations of Arthonia. intexta: pp. 211 & 212) .

• Purvis, O.W., Coppins, B.J., Hawksworth, D.L., James, P.W. and Moore, D.M. (eds.) (1992) Arthonia (pp. 74-88) In, The Lichen Flora of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Natural History Museum Publication, 710 pp.   **[RLL List # 151 / Rec.# 15105] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**   (Arthonia intexta: p. 83)

• Thomson, J.W. (1997) Arthonia (pp. 45-47). In, American Arctic Lichens: 2. The Microlichens. The University of Wisconsin Press, 675 pages.   **[RLL List # 170 / Rec.# 18517] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**   (Description and diagram of Arthonia intexta: p. 46.)

• Lawrey, J.D. and Diederich, P. (2003) Lichenicolous fungi: interactions, evolution, and biodiversity. - The Bryologist 106(1): 81–120.   **[RLL List # 190 / Rec.# 24248] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**   (JSTOR)   (PDF file)

Links

• Lawrey, J.D. and Diederich, P. (2011) Lichenicolous fungi – worldwide checklist, including isolated cultures and sequences available. - http://www.lichenicolous.net (3/22/2011)

• LIAS

• Lamb's Index nom. lich.: 37

• USDA Plants Database

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

• Arthonia intexta in Index Fungorum.

• Arthonia intexta in MycoBank.

Vernacular names

English: Dot lichen