Graphis (lichen)

Graphis
Graphis scripta (lirellae)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Ostropales
Family: Graphidaceae
Genus: Graphis
Adans. (1763)
Type species
Graphis scripta
(L.) Ach. (1809)
Synonyms[1]
  • Oxystoma Eschw. (1824)
  • Fissurina Fée (1825)
  • Aulacographa Leight. (1854)
  • Diplolabia A.Massal. (1854)
  • Dyplolabia A.Massal. (1854)
  • Diplographis Kremp. ex A.Massal. (1860)
  • Anomomorpha Nyl. ex Hue (1891)
  • Digraphis Clem. (1909)
  • Graphidomyces E.A.Thomas ex Cif. & Tomas. (1953)

Graphis is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Graphidaceae.[2] According to the Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edition, 2008), the widespread genus contains 386 species.[3]

Graphidaceae is one of the most prevailing species in lichen communities, though its classification is not well developed.

Previously, the graphidoid members of Graphidaceae sensu were divided into the genera Graphis, Graphina, Phaeographis, and Phaeographina, contingent on if the ascospores are septate or muriform, colorless or greyish brown. Septate in terms of mycology refers to the condition where there is a lack of partition dividing filamentous hyphae into discrete cells in fungi. This notion was thought of as synthetic and adjustments of Acanthothecis and Dyplolabia changed the method to a more natural generic classification of the family.[4]

A set of characteristics such as excipulum and hamathecium structure, ascospore color and iodine reaction, and chemistry, was suggested to reach a much more sufficient genus model. The excipulum is the cup shaped tissue that holds the hymenium, asci, in the apothecium. The hamathecium is the hypha emerging between the asci of the hymenium.[4]

Thallus color, thallus cortex, vegetative propagules, lirella emergence, thalline margine of lirella, relative length and branching of lirellae, disc exposure, labia and disc pruinosity, labium striation, excipulum carbonization, hymenium inspersion, and ascospores are all considered when characterizing Graphis.[4]

Selected species

  • Graphis alboscripta
  • Graphis albotecta
  • Graphis alpestris
  • Graphis analoga
  • Graphis anfractuosa
  • Graphis antillarum
  • Graphis aperiens
  • Graphis apertella
  • Graphis appendiculata
  • Graphis archeri
  • Graphis breussii
  • Graphis bulacana
  • Graphis caesiella
  • Graphis carassensis
  • Graphis caribica
  • Graphis centrifuga
  • Graphis cerradensis
  • Graphis cervina
  • Graphis chlorotica
  • Graphis chrysocarpa
  • Graphis cincta
  • Graphis cinerea
  • Graphis componens
  • Graphis conturbata
  • Graphis crassilabra
  • Graphis crystallifera
  • Graphis cycasicola
  • Graphis dealbata
  • Graphis dendrogramma
  • Graphis descissa
  • Graphis disserpens
  • Graphis duplicata
  • Graphis dussii
  • Graphis eimeoensis
  • Graphis elegans
  • Graphis elixiana
  • Graphis emersa
  • Graphis epimelaeana
  • Graphis flavopalmicola
  • Graphis geraensis
  • Graphis glaucescens
  • Graphis gloriosensis
  • Graphis hyphosa
  • Graphis illota
  • Graphis immersella
  • Graphis insulana
  • Graphis invisibilis
  • Graphis isidiza
  • Graphis itatiaiensis
  • Graphis knucklensis
  • Graphis leprographa
  • Graphis librata
  • Graphis lineola
  • Graphis lueckingii
  • Graphis lumbricina
  • Graphis macella
  • Graphis maritima
  • Graphis marusae
  • Graphis mexicana
  • Graphis mucronata
  • Graphis paranaensis
  • Graphis parvicarpa
  • Graphis pavoniana
  • Graphis proserpens
  • Graphis pseudoanaloga
  • Graphis pseudosophistica
  • Graphis rigidula
  • Graphis sauroidea
  • Graphis saxicola
  • Graphis saxorum
  • Graphis sayeri
  • Graphis schroederi
  • Graphis scripta
  • Graphis serpens
  • Graphis srilankensis
  • Graphis striatula
  • Graphis subimmersa
  • Graphis subolivacea
  • Graphis subserpentina
  • Graphis subvirginea
  • Graphis sundarbanensis
  • Graphis symplecta
  • Graphis tenella
  • Graphis tenuirima
  • Graphis tetralocularis
  • Graphis vestitoides
  • Graphis vinosa
  • Graphis virescens
  • Graphis xanthospora

References

  1. "Graphis Adans. 1763". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-06-21.
  2. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet (Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany) 13: 1–58. Retrieved 2011-06-21.
  3. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 293. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "A world-wide key to the genus Graphis (Ostropales: Graphidaceae)". ResearchGate. doi:10.1017/S0024282909008305. Retrieved 2015-12-08.

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