Nadvornikia

Nadvornikia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Graphidaceae. Species in the genus are corticolous (bark-dwelling) and crustose.

Taxonomy
The genus was circumscribed in 1984 by lichenologist Leif Tibell, with N. hawaiensis assigned as the type species. Nadvornikia is a replacement name for Stephanophoron, which was published illegitimately by Czech lichenologist Josef Nádvorník in 1942 (because the fungal genus Stephanophorus already occupied that name). The genus name pays tribute to Nádvorník (1906–1977), the first to recognize the type species of this genus as representing a distinct evolutionary lineage, separate from other similar lichens.

Description
Nadvornikia species have a continuous, epiperidermal thallus. The surface of the thallus can be smooth or uneven, and no prothallus is present. The, which is absent or loosely arranged, features an irregular with Trentepohlia green algal cells and calcium oxalate crystals. The medulla is endoperidermal (located within the . Vegetative propagules in Nadvornikia lichens may be absent or present as a. The are rounded and can be either immersed or sessile, with or without a . The  may be entire or fissured, while the  is always entire. The  is  and entire, while the  is absent. The  is also prosoplectenchymatous and hyaline. The hymenium is hyaline and clear, while the  can be thin or indistinct.

The are unbranched and have smooth tips, with no  present. The asci are fusiform, and each contains eight. These ascospores can be either hyaline or dark brown, 1-septate to somewhat, , and non-amyloid. have not been observed in Nadvornikia lichens.

The secondary chemistry of Nadvornikia lichens includes stictic acid and various related lichen substances.

Species
, Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts three species of Nadvornikia; an additional two species have been formally described and published.
 * Nadvornikia diplotylia
 * Nadvornikia expallescens
 * Nadvornikia hawaiensis
 * Nadvornikia peninsulae
 * Nadvornikia sorediata