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Acanthothecis
Sign in to saveAcanthothecis is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Graphidaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Frederick Edward Clements in 1909. These lichens form pale grey-brown to olive-green crusts on tree bark and are characterized by elongated, pencil-like slits containing spores, with distinctive tiny spines on internal filaments that help distinguish them from similar genera. The genus includes about 50 species found primarily in tropical and subtropical forests worldwide, where they grow on living tree bark and serve as indicators of relatively undisturbed woodland environments.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassLecanoromycetes
- OrderOstropales
- FamilyGraphidaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 184
- With media
- 102
- Family
- Graphidaceae
- Collections
- NY, US, UFRGS, UFS, WIS
- Recorded in
- United States, Jamaica, Guyana, Brasil, Brazil
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Graphidaceae
- Image
- Acanthothecis abaphoides 150671.jpg
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- taxon name
- Acanthothecis
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- taxon author citation
- Clem.
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Ecology
- Species
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Acanthothecis is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Graphidaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Frederick Edward Clements in 1909. These lichens form pale grey-brown to olive-green crusts on tree bark and are characterized by elongated, pencil-like slits containing spores, with distinctive tiny spines on internal filaments that help distinguish them from similar genera. The genus includes about 50 species found primarily in tropical and subtropical forests worldwide, where they grow on living tree bark and serve as indicators of relatively undisturbed woodland environments.
==Description==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Acanthothecis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.