Glyphis

Glyphis. Ach.

Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank

Classification: Graphidaceae, Ostropales, Ostropomycetidae, Lecanoromycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

The genus Glyphis was introduced by Acharius (1814) and currently includes seven species (Jaklitsch et al. 2016, Wijayawardene et al. 2017). Taxa are characterised by crustose thallus, lirelline apothecia and narrow ellipsoid, multi-septate ascospores (Staiger et al. 2006, Archer 2004).

Type species: Glyphis cicatricosa Ach., Syn. meth. lich. (Lund): 107 (1814)

References

Ekanayaka AH, Hyde KD, Jones EBG, Zhao Q, Bulgakov TS 2019 – New and known discolichens from Asia and eastern Europe. Asian Journal of Mycology 2(1), 48–86, Doi 10.5943/ajom/2/1/2