Graphis collinsiae

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 collinsiae

Name

Graphis collinsiae Lücking & Lumbsch, 2010

Mycobank: Number 516784

Diagnosis: Sicut Graphide subhiascente sed hymenio insperso differt.

Type: FIJI. TAVEUNI: Access road to summit of Devo Peak, ca. 5 km SE Tavuki village, 16^o 51' S, 179^o 58' W, 700 m alt.; montane relict forest at roadside, on bark; April 2008, Lumbsch 19804r (SUVA, holotype; F, isotype).

Etymology: This species is dedicated to Michelle Collins, Chicago, friend and benefactor of the Botany Department at the Field Museum.

Ecology and distribution: Graphis collinsiae is currently known only from the type locality from Taveuni Island in the Fijian archipelago.

References

• Lücking, R.; Lumbsch, H.T.; von Konrat, M. and Naikatini, A. (2010) Graphis collinsiae (Ascomycota: Graphidaceae), a new lichen species from the Fiji Islands. The Bryologist 113(2): 356–359. (DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745-113.2.356)   (JSTOR)   (Black-and-white photos of Graphis collinsiae: p. 358, fig. 1A-F)

Links

• Graphis collinsiae in Index Fungorum.

• Graphis collinsiae in MycoBank.