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Erik Acharius
Born10 October 1757
Gävle, Sweden
Died14 August 1819 (1819-08-15) (aged 61)
Vadstena, Sweden
CitizenshipSweden
Alma materUppsala University
Known forPioneering lichenology
AwardsMember of the Linnean Society
Scientific career
FieldsBotany Lichenology
Academic advisorsCarl Linnaeus
Author abbrev. (botany)Ach.

Erik Acharius (10 October 1757 – 14 August 1819) was a Swedish botanist who pioneered the taxonomy of lichens and is known as the "father of lichenology". Acharius was famously the last pupil of Carl Linnaeus.

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Glossary of lichen terms

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Alectoria sarmentosa

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Lecidea lapicida

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Calicium lenticulare

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Chaenotheca chlorella

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Dolichousnea longissima

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Lecanora caesiorubella

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Lecanora caesiorubella is a species of crustose lichen in the family Lecanoraceae. List of Lecanora species "Synonymy: Lecanora caesiorubella Ach". Species...

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Nephroma parile

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Peltigera malacea

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Parmelia omphalodes

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species first described in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus. Swedish lichenologist Erik Acharius transferred it to the genus Parmelia in 1803. The lichen is widely distributed...

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Rinodina

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Scytinium

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Collema flaccidum

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Pyrenula

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Buellia aethalea

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Polychidium

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Peltigera membranacea

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Umbilicaria crustulosa

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Lasallia papulosa

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Silobia rufescens

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Cladonia bellidiflora

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Leptogium rivulare

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Clavascidium lacinulatum

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