''Fissurina paradoxica'' is a species of
corticolous (bark-dwelling)
script lichen in the family
Graphidaceae
The Graphidaceae are a family of lichens in the order Ostropales.
Distribution and ecology
The vast majority of Graphidaceae species are restricted to the tropics. Most Graphidaceae species are epiphytic (i.e. they grow only on plants).
Gener ...
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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
Buckenbowra River, a perennial river of the Clyde River catchment, is located in the upper ranges of the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia.
Course and features
Buckenbowra River rises on the eastern slopes of the Great Dividing ...
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'' () 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.
Archer transferred the
taxon to the genus ''
Fissurina
''Fissurina'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Graphidaceae. The genus was first described by the French botanist Antoine Laurent Apollinaire Fée in an 1825 publication.
Species
*'' Fissurina abdita''
*'' Fissurina adscribens'' ...
'' in 2005.
References
paradoxica
Lichen species
Lichens described in 2001
Lichens of Australia
Taxa named by Alan W. Archer
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