Asterisk Lichen

Arthonia radiata

Arthonia radiata is with smooth thallu, greyish white crust with embedded, black, variable but usually irregularly stellate apothecia (typically 1-2mm in diameter); ascospores 3-septate.
Asterisk Lichen (Arthonia radiata)? Growing on a fallen hardwood tree near a seasonal stream in a dense mixed forest. Arthonia radiata,Asterisk Lichen,Fall,Geotagged,United States

Distribution

Africa (incl Madagascar), Oceania – Australasia, Eurasia – Europe, Americas – North America (incl Mexico), Americas – South and Central America, Arctic.
Arthonia radiata (Asterisk Lichen) Arthonia radiata (Asterisk Lichen) growing on the smooth bark of a sapling sized balsam fir about 1 meter above the ground on the north side near the edge of the forest.

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http://www.lichens.lastdragon.org/Arthonia_radiata.html Arthonia astroidea,Arthonia radiata,Asterisk Lichen,Geotagged,Spring,United States,asterisk lichen

Habitat

On nutrient-rich, smooth bark and twigs on a variety of species but a characteristic species on Ash (Fraxinus excelsior), widespread and often very common but still recolonising areas of formerly high sulphur dioxide pollution.

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Taxonomy
KingdomFungi
DivisionAscomycota
ClassArthoniomycetes
OrderArthoniales
FamilyArthoniaceae
GenusArthonia
SpeciesArthonia radiata