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Allographa

Allographa is a genus of script lichens in the family Graphidaceae. It has nearly 200 species.[1] Formally circumscribed in 1824 by François Fulgis Chevallier,[2] Allographa was formerly included in Graphis, but was upgraded to generic status in 2018 by lichenologists Klaus Kalb and Robert Lücking, who used molecular phylogenetics analysis to show this group of species to constitute a distinct lineage in the Graphidaceae.[3][4]

Allographa
Allographa lecanactiformis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Graphidales
Family: Graphidaceae
Genus: Allographa
Chevall. (1824)
Type species
Allographa lutea
Chevall. (1824)

Description

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Allographa is characterised by lirellate ascomata (fruiting bodies), which are elongated and groove-like in shape. One of its defining features is the generally carbonised excipulum, which gives a dark appearance to the fruiting bodies, although some species formerly placed in Hemithecium with uncarbonised (blackened) excipula are also included in this genus.[3]

Allographa typically displays robust and strongly prominent lirellae, often with a massive structure. The ascospores are hyaline (colourless) and usually large to very large in size, turning violet-blue when treated with iodine. A key distinguishing feature from Graphis in the strict sense is the strongly gelatinous hamathecium with thin paraphyses.[3]

While Allographa shares many morphological similarities with Graphis, making clear-cut distinctions challenging, molecular evidence supports its status as a separate genus. Allographa is part of a larger clade within Graphidaceae that includes other lirellate genera such as Diorygma, Glyphis, Pallidogramme, Phaeographis, Platygramme, Platythecium, Sarcographa, Thalloloma, and Thecaria.[3]

The genus encompasses species previously assigned to the Graphis carassensis group and some former Hemithecium species. Notable examples include A. acharii, A. chrysocarpa, A. rhizocola, A. ruiziana, and species related to A. chlorocarpa and A. rufopallida. Despite the morphological overlap with Graphis, advanced techniques such as morphology-based phylogenetic binning have successfully differentiated most Allographa species from Graphis sensu stricto, confirming its status as a distinct genus within the Graphidaceae.[3]

Species

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Allographa leptospora

References

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  1. ^ Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998.
  2. ^ Chevallier, F.F. (1824). Histoire des Graphidées, accompagné d'un tableau analytique des genres. Ouvrage renfermant des observations anatomiques et physiologiques sur ces végétaux (in French). Paris: Firmin Didot Père et fils. p. 16.
  3. ^ a b c d e Lücking, R.; Kalb, K. (2018). "Formal instatement of Allographa (Graphidaceae): how to deal with a hyperdiverse genus complex with cryptic differentiation and paucity of molecular data". Herzogia. 31 (p1): 535–561. doi:10.13158/heia.31.1.2018.535.
  4. ^ Kalb, Jutarat; Lücking, Robert; Kalb, Klaus (2018). "The lichen genera Allographa and Graphis (Ascomycota: Ostropales, Graphidaceae) in Thailand—eleven new species, forty-seven new records and a key to all one hundred and fifteen species so far recorded for the country". Phytotaxa. 377 (1): 1–88. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.377.1.1.
  5. ^ a b c Weerakoon, Gothamie; Aptroot, André; Lücking, Robert; Arachchige, Omal; Wijesundara, Siril (2019). "Graphis and Allographa (lichenized Ascomycota: Graphidaceae) in Sri Lanka, with six new species and a biogeographical comparison investigating a potential signature of the 'biotic ferry' species interchange". The Lichenologist. 51 (6): 515–559. doi:10.1017/S0024282919000392.
  6. ^ a b Kalb, K.; Schumm, F. (2021). "New or otherwise interesting lichens. IX. Four new species in the family Graphidaceae, one new combination, new records and remarks". Archive for Lichenology. 22: 1–22.
  7. ^ a b c d e f Lücking, Robert; Álvaro-Alba, Wilson Ricardo; Moncada, Bibiana; Marín-Canchala, Norida Lucia; Tunjano, Sonia Sua; Cárdenas-López, Dairon (2023). "Lichens from the Colombian Amazon: 666 taxa including 28 new species and 157 new country records document an extraordinary diversity". The Bryologist. 126 (2): 242–303. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-126.2.242.
  8. ^ Kalb, K. (2020). "New or otherwise interesting lichens. VII, including a world key to the lichen genus Heiomasia". Archive for Lichenology. 15: 1–18.
  9. ^ Aptroot, A.; Feuerstein, S. (2020). "New Graphidaceae from South and Central Brazil". Archive for Lichenology. 16: 1–10.
  10. ^ Aptroot, André; de Souza, Maria Fernanda; dos Santos, Lidiane Alves; Junior, Isaias Oliveira; Barbosa, Bruno Micael Cardoso; da Silva, Marcela Eugenia Cáceres (2022). "New species of lichenized fungi from Brazil, with a record report of 492 species in a small area of the Amazon Forest". The Bryologist. 125 (3): 435–467. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-125.3.433.
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