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Arthonia cinnabarina
Scientific Name: Arthonia cinnabarina
Family: Arthoniaceae
Category: Lichen
Growth: Lichenous
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Arthonia cinnabarina
Arthonia cinnabarina, commonly referred to as Bloody Comma Lichen (in French as L'arthonie cinabre), is a lichen species belonging to the Arthoniaceae family.
Taxonomy and Nomenclature
- Scientific Name: Arthonia cinnabarina (DC.) Wallr., 1831
- Synonyms:
- Arthonia gregaria (Weigel) Körber
- Arthonia tumidula (Ach.)
- Coniocarpon cinnabarinum
- Family: Arthoniaceae
- Genus: Arthonia
- Kingdom: Fungi
- Phylum: Lichens
- Class: Arthoniomycetes
- Order: Arthoniales
Distribution and Habitat
- Arthonia cinnabarina has a broad distribution across:
- Eurasia (Europe, Asia-Temperate, Asia-Tropical)
- Africa (including Madagascar)
- Americas (North America, including Mexico)
- It is also found in Britain, Ireland, Dorset, Devon, Florida, Singapore and Cook Islands.
- Vulnerable populations exist in three disjunct locations in the U.S.: coastal California, along the Blue Ridge, and throughout Florida.
- Typically found growing on the smooth bark of deciduous trees in humid environments.
Morphological Characteristics
- Thallus: White to pale gray, rarely pale red, or with a greenish tinge, often disrupting bark tissue.
- Thallus Appearance: Smooth, sometimes tinged orange, greyish white to fawn crust.
- Apothecia: Set in the thallus, often becoming convex, variable in shape, but usually rounded.
Phytochemistry
- Arthonia cinnabarina produces isofuranonaphthoquinone derivatives.
Ecology
- It forms crustose thalli, often mosaic-forming.
Further Information
- Discover Life: Biology, natural history, ecology, identification and distribution.
- Natural History Museum's UK Species Inventory: Observations.
- Index Fungorum checklist.