Biology:Opegrapha vulgata

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Short description: Species of lichen

Opegrapha vulgata
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Arthoniomycetes
Order: Arthoniales
Family: Opegraphaceae
Genus: Opegrapha
Species:
O. vulgata
Binomial name
Opegrapha vulgata
(Ach.) Ach. (1803)
Synonyms[1]

Opegrapha vulgata is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) script lichen in the family Graphidaceae.[2] It was first scientifically described by Swedish lichenologist Erik Acharius in 1798, as Lichen vulgata. He transferred it to the genus Opegrapha in 1803.[3] The lichen has a cosmopolitan distribution, and grows on the bark of a wide variety of tree species. Opegrapha niveoatra is similar in appearance, but can be distinguished form O. vulgata by its longer, curved [[Glossary of lichen terms#{{biology:{1}}}|{{Biology:{1}}}]]. O. lithygra is another lookalike, but it grows on rocks instead of bark.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Synonymy. Current Name: Opegrapha vulgata (Ach.) Ach., Methodus, Sectio prior (Stockholmiæ): 20 (1803)". Species Fungorum. https://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/SynSpecies.asp?RecordID=396770. 
  2. ↑ "Opegrapha vulgata (Ach.) Ach.". Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/74NZ4. 
  3. ↑ Acharius, E. (1803) (in la). Methodus qua omnes detectos lichenes secundum organa carpomorpha ad genera, species et varietates redigere atque observationibus illustrare tentavit Erik Acharius (Methodus Lichenum). Cum tab. aen.. Stockholm. p. 20. 
  4. ↑ Pentecost, A.; James, P.W. (2009). "Opegrapha Ach. (1853)". The Lichens of Great Britain and Ireland (2nd ed.). London: The Natural History Museum. p. 646. ISBN 978-0-9540418-8-5. 

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