Graphis desquamescens is a species of script lichen in the family Graphidaceae.[2] It has a broad distribution and can be found in various countries including Brazil, Dominica,[3] the United States,[4] Mexico, and Japan. It also occurs in different parts of Australia such as Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania.[3] It was reported as new to Myanmar in 2020.[5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Graphidales |
| Family: | Graphidaceae |
| Genus: | Graphis |
| Species: | G. desquamescens
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There has been little agreement in the literature as to the length of the ascospores in this species; they have been given various ranges extending from 18 μm to as high as 50 μm; the ascospores of the lectotype specimen have a reported range of 25–35 μm.[4]
The novel pigment named graphisquinone was isolated from cultures of the spore-derived mycobionts of this lichen.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Record Details: Graphis desquamescens (Fée) Zahlbr., Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 83: 108 (1909)". Index Fungorum. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
- ^ "Graphis desquamescens (Fée) Zahlbr". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
- ^ a b Archer, A. (2001). "The lichen genus Graphis (Graphidaceae) in Australia". Australian Systematic Botany. 14: 245–271. doi:10.1071/SB00023. S2CID 84552130.
- ^ a b Seavey, Frederick; Seavey, Jean (2011). "The lichen genus Graphis (Graphidaceae) in Everglades National Park (Florida)". The Bryologist. 114 (4): 764–784. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-114.4.764.
- ^ Ohmura, Yoshihito; Sugimoto, Miyu; Aung, Mu Mu; Tanaka, Nobuyuki. "Contribution to the knowledge of the lichen mycota of Myanmar (I) twenty species newly recorded from Southern Myanmar" (PDF). Taiwania. 65 (4): 548‒558. doi:10.6165/tai.2020.65.548.
- ^ Miyagawa, Hisashi; Hamada, Nobuo; Sato, Mamoru; Eeno, Tamio (1994). "Pigments from the cultured lichen mycobionts of Graphis scripta and G. desquamescens". Phytochemistry. 36 (5): 1319–1322. doi:10.1016/s0031-9422(00)89659-4. S2CID 29097856.
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