Opegrapha vulgata

Opegrapha vulgata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Arthoniomycetes
Order:	Arthoniales
Family:	Opegraphaceae
Genus:	Opegrapha
Species:	O. vulgata
Binomial name
	Opegrapha vulgata; (Ach.) Ach. (1803)
Synonyms
	List Lichen vulgatus Ach. (1799) ; Opegrapha lithyrga var. confluens Ach. (1810) ; Hysterina vulgata (Ach.) Gray (1821) ; Opegrapha cinerea Chevall. (1822) ; Graphis vulgata (Ach.) Wallr. (1831) ; Graphis vulgata var. periblastetica Wallr. (1831) ; Opegrapha atra var. vulgata (Ach.) Schaer. (1836) ; Pyrenotea lutea Leight. (1851) ; Opegrapha confluens (Ach.) Stizenb. (1865) ; Opegrapha devulgata Nyl. (1879) ; Opegrapha vulgata var. cinerea (Chevall.) Blomb. & Forssell (1880) ; Opegrapha vulgata var. parallela Müll.Arg. (1893) ; Opegrapha vulgata var. devulgata (Nyl.) H.Olivier (1902) ;

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 conidia. O. lithygra is another lookalike, but it grows on rocks instead of bark.^[4]

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