Position in a system
| system | Vitae - living organisms |
| domain | Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 - lifeforms with nucletic cells |
| superregnum | Unikonta |
| system | Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith, 1987 |
| kingdom | Fungi Whittaker - fungi |
| divisio | Ascomycota Caval.-Sm. - sac fungi |
| subphylum | Pezizomycotina O.E. Erikss. & Winka |
| class | Eurotiomycetes |
| subclass | Chaetothyriomycetidae |
| order | Verrucariales |
| Verrucariales incertae sedis | |
| genus | Staurothele Norman - wart lichen |
| species | Staurothele arctica Lynge - Arctic Wart Lichen |