Chapsa hypoconstictica
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| Chapsa hypoconstictica | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Graphidales |
| Family: | Graphidaceae |
| Genus: | Chapsa |
| Species: | C. hypoconstictica |
| Binomial name | |
| Chapsa hypoconstictica Rivas Plata & Lücking (2012) | |
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Chapsa hypoconstictica is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen-forming fungus in the family Graphidaceae.[1] It is a small, light gray-green lichen known only from lowland tropical rainforest in Madre de Dios, Peru, where it grows on tree bark. The species was described in 2012 and is distinguished from related species by containing hypostictic acid as its only lichen substance.
Chapsa hypoconstictica was described as a new species by Eimy Rivas Plata and Robert Lücking from collections made at Los Amigos Research and Training Center (CICRA) in Madre de Dios, Peru. The species epithet hypoconstictica alludes to the species' unusual chemistry. It is distinguished from Chapsa albomaculata by containing hypostictic acid as its sole lichen substance.[2]