Biology:Graphis palmicola

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Short description: Species of lichen

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

Graphis palmicola is a species of script lichen in the family Graphidaceae.[1] Found on the Nicobar Islands, it was formally described as a new species in 2005 by Urmila Makhija and Bharati Adawadkar. The type specimen was collected from a beach forest in Katchal Island, where it was found growing on a coconut tree. The species epithet, which combines the Latin Palma ("palm tree") and cola ("exists"), refers to its host.[2] The ascomata (fruiting bodies) of the lichen are in the form of lirellae, which are elongated and irregularly branched; this particular branching pattern is known as the handelii-morph.[3]

References

  1. "Graphis palmicola Makhija & Adaw.". Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/3H9QV. 
  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. http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/59575/0091/0369.htm. 
  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. 

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