Graphis sitapurensis


Graphis sitapurensis is a species of script lichen in the family Graphidaceae. Found on the Andaman Islands, it was formally described as a new species in 2005 by Urmila Makhija and Bharati Adawadkar. The type specimen was collected from a moist deciduous forest in Sitapur. The species epithet refers to the type locality. The ascomata of the lichen are in the form of, which are elongated and irregularly branched with a concealed ; this particular set of characteristics is known as the deserpens-morph.