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Arthrorhaphis
Arthrorhaphis is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the monotypic family Arthrorhaphidaceae. It has 13 species. The genus was circumscribed by Theodor Magnus Fries in 1860. The family was proposed by lichenologists Josef Poelt and Josef Hafellner in 1976. Species in this family have a widespread distribution in temperate and montane habitats. They grow symbiotically with green algae, or parasitically on other lichens. The family Arthrorhaphidaceae has an uncertain taxonomic placement in the class Lecanoromycetes; that...
8 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Alpine Dot Lichen
speciesArthrorhaphis alpina

Golden Dot-Lichen
speciesArthrorhaphis citrinella

Arthrorhaphis aeruginosa
speciesArthrorhaphis aeruginosa

Arthrorhaphis grisea
speciesArthrorhaphis grisea

Arthrorhaphis vulgaris
speciesArthrorhaphis vulgaris
Arthrorhaphis catolechioides
speciesArthrorhaphis catolechioides
Arthrorhaphis olivaceae
speciesArthrorhaphis olivaceae
Arthrorhaphis vacillans
speciesArthrorhaphis vacillans
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 175894.