Graphis marusae
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| Graphis marusae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Graphidales |
| Family: | Graphidaceae |
| Genus: | Graphis |
| Species: | G. marusae |
| Binomial name | |
| Graphis marusae B.Peña & Lücking (2011) | |
 Holotype: Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve, Mexico | |
Graphis marusae is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) crustose lichen in the family Graphidaceae.[1] It is found in a relict tropical lowland rainforest in Veracruz, Mexico, growing in exposed understory.[2]
The lichen-forming fungus was described as new to science in 2011 by the lichenologists Alejandrina Peña and Robert Lücking. The type specimen was collected by Bárcenas Peña from the Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve at an elevation of 345 m (1,132 ft), where it was growing in a lowland rainforest on the bark of Astrocaryum mexicanum and Pseudolmedia oxyphyllaria.[2] It is characterised by its green thallus, its 1–5 mm-long lirellae (elongated and slit-like fruiting bodies) with grey-black labia.[3]