Graphis plumierae is a species of script lichen in the family Graphidaceae. It was described as new to science in 1915 by Finnish mycologist Edvard Vainio. The type was collected in Gourbeyre, Guadeloupe.[1] In 2016, G. plumierae was reported from Portugal, which was also a new occurrence for Europe.[2]

Graphis plumierae
in Sintra, Portugal
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Graphidales
Family: Graphidaceae
Genus: Graphis
Species:
G. plumierae
Binomial name
Graphis plumierae
Vain. (1915)

Graphis plumierae has labia that are white-pruinose. The lirellae (these are ascomata with a long, narrow disc resembling dark squiggly lines), which are immersed in the substrate, have a lateral thalline margin.[3] The lichen contains the secondary compounds norstictic acid, stictic, and salazinic acid. It grows on bark.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Vainio, E. A. (1915). "Additamenta ad Lichenographiam Antillarum illustrandam". Annales Academiae Scientiarum Fennicae, Ser. A. 6 (7): 161.
  2. ^ Lepista, Zacarias; Aptroot, André (2016). "Seven species of Graphis from Portugal reported new to Europe". The Lichenologist. 48 (4): 259–267. doi:10.1017/S0024282916000153. S2CID 88668960.
  3. ^ a b 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. S2CID 85421300.