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Graphis sitapurensis

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Graphis sitapurensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Graphidales
Family: Graphidaceae
Genus: Graphis
Species:
G. sitapurensis
Binomial name
Graphis sitapurensis
Makhija & Adaw. (2005)

Graphis sitapurensis is a species of script lichen in the family Graphidaceae.[1] Found on the Andaman Islands, it was formally described as a new species in 2005 by Urmila Makhija and Bharati Adawadkar. The type specimen was collected from a moist deciduous forest in Sitapur (Diglipur Range, North Andaman Island). The species epithet refers to the type locality. The ascomata (fruiting bodies) of the lichen are in the form of lirellae,[2] which are elongated and irregularly branched with a concealed disc; this particular set of characteristics is known as the deserpens-morph.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Graphis sitapurensis Makhija & Adaw". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  2. ^ Makhija, Urmila; Adawadkar, Bharati (2005). "Some new species of Graphis (lichenised Ascomycota) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India". Mycotaxon. 91: 369–379.
  3. ^ Lücking, Robert; Archer, Alan W.; Aptroot, André (2009). "A world-wide key to the genus Graphis (Ostropales: Graphidaceae)". The Lichenologist. 41 (4): 363–452. doi:10.1017/s0024282909008305.