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