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Graphis lueckingii

Graphis lueckingii is a species of script lichen in the family Graphidaceae. Found in southern Brazil, it was fornally described as a new species in 2010 by Manuela Dal-Forno and Sionara Eliasaro. The type specimen was collected by the first author in the Pontal do Paraná, where it was found growing on bark in a forest restinga. The species epithet honours lichenologist Robert Lücking.

Graphis lueckingii can be identified by its sorediate thallus, prominent featuring thin and complete thalline margins, a distinct clear hymenium, completely excipulum, small ascospores that are trans-septate and range from 20 to 23 ÃŽÂ¼m in length, and the presence of norstictic acid. Graphis lueckingii shares some features with G. intricata and G. caesiocarpa, but both of these species lack soredia.

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