Graphis mexicana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Graphidales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Lecanoromycetes Subclassis: Ostropomycetidae Ordo: Graphidales

Familia: Graphidaceae
Subfamilia: Graphidoideae
Genus: Graphis
Species: Graphis mexicana

Name

Graphis mexicana (Hale) Kalb, Lücking & Lumbsch, 2008

Substratum and ecology: On bryophytes or on bark (e.g., Quercus), predominantly in tropical montane rain forests in elevations ranging from 1100 m to 2000 m.

Basionym

• Thelotrema mexicanum Hale, 1974

Synonyms

• Graphis muscicola (Kalb) Staiger
• Graphina muscicola Kalb
• Topeliopsis globosa Aptroot

Primary references

• Mangold, A., Martín, M.P., Kalb, K., Lücking, R. and Lumbsch, H.T. (2008) Molecular data show that Topeliopsis (Ascomycota, Thelotremataceae) is polyphyletic. The Lichenologist 40(1): 39–46.   (doi:10.1017/S0024282908007366)

References

• Hale, M.E. (1974) Studies on the lichen family Thelotremataceae. 2. Phytologia 27: 490–501. (Illustration of Graphis mexicana: p. 500)

• Mangold, A. and Lumbsch, H.T. (2007) Graphis (pp. 381-382) In: Nash III, T.H., Gries, C., and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 3. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 567 pages. (Description of Graphis mexicana: p. 382)

Links

• LIAS

• Graphis mexicana in Index Fungorum.

• Graphis mexicana in MycoBank.

Link to photo

• Pictures of tropical lichens - Graphis mexicana