Fissurina paradoxica is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) script lichen in the family Graphidaceae.[2] Found in Australia, it was formally described as a new species in 2001 by the lichenologist Alan W. Archer, who initially classified it in the genus Graphis. The type specimen was collected in the Buckenbowra River estuary in New South Wales (about 7.5 km west of Batemans Bay), where it was found growing on the bark of a tree along a tidal creek. The species epithet paradoxica ('contrary to expectation') alludes to the unexpected presence of 2-methylpsoromic acid, which, at the time of publication, was the only species in genus Graphis known to contains this lichen product.[3] Archer transferred the taxon to the genus Fissurina in 2005.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Graphidales |
| Family: | Graphidaceae |
| Genus: | Fissurina |
| Species: | F. paradoxica
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| Fissurina paradoxica (A.W.Archer) A.W.Archer (2005)
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References
edit- ^ "Synonymy. Current Name: Fissurina paradoxica (A.W. Archer) A.W. Archer, Telopea 11(1): 71 (2005)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ "Fissurina paradoxica (A.W. Archer) A.W. Archer". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ Archer, Alan W. (2001). "New taxa and new reports in the lichen family Graphidiaceae (Ascomycotina) from Australia". Mycotaxon. 80: 367–374.
- ^ Arhcer, A.A. (2005). "New combinations and synonymies in the Australian Graphidacea". Telopea. 11 (1): 59–78. doi:10.7751/telopea20055705.
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