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Platygramme
Sign in to savePlatygramme is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Graphidaceae consisting of about 27 species. The genus was circumscribed by Antoine Laurent Apollinaire Fée in 1874. The type species of the genus is P. caesiopruinosa. These bark-dwelling lichens are found in moist, shaded forests across tropical and warm temperate regions worldwide, where they form pale crusts that develop distinctive flattened, plate-like fruiting structures. A combination of several features characterizes Platygramme: the brown ascospores, a spore-producing layer (hymenium) speckled with granules, and elonga
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassLecanoromycetes
- OrderOstropales
- FamilyGraphidaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 78
- With media
- 23
- Family
- Graphidaceae
- Collections
- US, SBBG, UNESP-FCA, DUKE, USF, NY
- Recorded in
- Malaysia, Jamaica, Costa Rica, Brasil, United States, Bahamas, Puerto Rico
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Graphidaceae
- Image
- Platygramme pachnodes - Flickr - pellaea.jpg
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- Platygramme
- taxon rank
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- Platygramme caesiopruinosa
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- Fée
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- Platygramme
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Description
- Habitat and distribution
- Species
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Platygramme is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Graphidaceae consisting of about 27 species. The genus was circumscribed by Antoine Laurent Apollinaire Fée in 1874. The type species of the genus is P. caesiopruinosa. These bark-dwelling lichens are found in moist, shaded forests across tropical and warm temperate regions worldwide, where they form pale crusts that develop distinctive flattened, plate-like fruiting structures. A combination of several features characterizes Platygramme: the brown ascospores, a spore-producing layer (hymenium) speckled with granules, and elongated fruiting bodies () with distinctive plate-like structures formed from hardened tissue.
==Description==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Platygramme” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.