| Taxon | Opegrapha vulgata |
|---|---|
| Authority | (Ach.) Ach. (1803) |
Opegrapha vulgata is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) script lichen in the family Opegraphaceae.[1] It was first scientifically described by Swedish lichenologist Erik Acharius in 1798, as Lichen vulgata. He transferred it to the genus Opegrapha in 1803.[2] 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 . O. lithygra is another lookalike, but it grows on rocks instead of bark.[3]
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- ^ Acharius, E. (1803). 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. (in Latin). Stockholm. p. 20.
- ^ Pentecost, A. & James, P.W. (2009). "Opegrapha Ach. (1853)". The Lichens of Great Britain and Ireland. 2nd ed. Smith, C.W.; Aptroot, A.; Coppins, B.J.; Fletcher, F.; Gilbert, O.L.; James, P.W.; Wolselely, P.A. (eds.). London: The Natural History Museum. p. 646. ISBN 978-0-9540418-8-5.