Carbacanthographis acanthoamicta

Carbacanthographis acanthoamicta is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichen in the family Graphidaceae. Found in Papua New Guinea, it was formally described as a new species in 2022 by Shirley Cunha Feuerstein and Robert Lücking. The type specimen was collected from a primary montane forest in Myola (Owen Stanley Range, Northern Province) at an altitude of 2,100 m (6,900 ft). It is only known to occur at the type locality. The lichen has an olive to yellowish brown thallus with a thin cortex and an underlying prothallus. Its ascospores number 8 per ascus, are hyaline and measure 17–20 by 8 μm; they have from 7 to seven transverse septa and from 0 to two longitudinal septa. Carbacanthographis acanthoamicta contains salazinic acid, a lichen product than can be detected using thin-layer chromatography. The specific epithet alludes to its similarity with Carbacanthographis amicta.[1]

Carbacanthographis acanthoamicta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Graphidales
Family: Graphidaceae
Genus: Carbacanthographis
Species:
C. acanthoamicta
Binomial name
Carbacanthographis acanthoamicta
Feuerstein & Lücking (2022)

References

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  1. ^ Feuerstein, Shirley Cunha; Lücking, Robert; Borges da Silveira, Rosa Mara (2022). "A worldwide key to species of Carbacanthographis (Graphidaceae), with 17 species new to science". The Lichenologist. 54 (1): 45–70. doi:10.1017/s002428292100044x. S2CID 246828544.