Carbacanthographis subchionophora

Carbacanthographis subchionophora is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichen in the family Graphidaceae. Found in Papua New Guinea and Brazil, it was formally described as a new species in 2022 by Shirley Cunha Feuerstein and Robert Lücking. The type specimen was collected from Kagi Village (Owen Stanley Range, Central Province). It is similar to Carbacanthographis chionophora, but unlike that lichen, it does not contain lichexanthone. The specific epithet subchionophora refers to its resemblance with this species.[1]

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

The lichen has a greyish white to yellowish grey thallus with a thin cortex and a black prothallus. It has hyaline ascospores that measure 22–25 by 5 μm; these spores have between 9 and 13 transverse septa. Carbacanthographis pseudorustica contains protocetraric acid, a lichen product that can be detected using thin-layer chromatography.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b 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.