Phaeographopsis
''Phaeographopsis'' is a genus of script lichens in the family Graphidaceae. It has three species. Taxonomy The genus was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed by the Dutch lichenologist Harrie Sipman in 1997, with ''Phaeographopsis indica, P. indica'' assigned as the type species; this species had originally been described as a member of ''Phaeographis''. However, this species was not validly published name, validly published because it did not provide a specific page number, but rather a range of pages (an interval) where the original description could be found. This general reference to a range of pages does not meet the precise requirements of the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants. The name was published validly a decade later in 2007. Description Genus ''Phaeographopsis'' is characterised by a crust-like form (crustose lichen, crustose) that typically grows on the bark of trees (corticolous lichen, corticolous). Its growth is just bene ...
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