Graphis supracola A. W. Archer 2001
Creators: name: Kalb, Jutarat
name: Lücking, Robert
name: Kalb, Klaus
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Fungi
Ascomycota
Lecanoromycetes
Ostropales
Graphidaceae
Graphis
Graphis supracola

description: Graphis supracola A. W. Archer (2001: 267).   
 Type:— AUSTRALIA. Queensland: Conway State Forest, 18 km E of Proserpine, on canopy twigs in lowland rainforest, 180 m, 28 June 1986, J. A . Elix 20222 (CANB!, holotype).   
 Thallus corticolous, pale fawn, whitish gray or greenish gray, smooth or slightly roughened, ecorticate, dull. Lirellae immersed to erumpent, with a lateral thalline margin, short to elongate, up to 4 mm long, straight, curved or sinuous, often irregularly branched, labia convergent, entire, whitish pruinose, disc concealed, not visible from above, (caesiella -morph). Exciple laterally carbonized; hymenium clear; ascospores 8/ascus, hyaline, halonate, transversely 7–11-septate, 25–40 × 6–8 μm.   
Chemistry: protocetraric acid (major) (anal. K. Kalb).  
 Distribution and habitat:—Pantropical, reported from U.S.A., Florida (Seavey & Seavey 2011), Africa (Joshi et al. 2016), Vietnam (Joshi et al. 2013), Cambodia (Moon et al. 2013), Thailand (Poengsungnoen et al., 2010 and Schumm & Aptroot 2012) and Australia (type locality). G. supracola is very common in Thailand from North to South. It was collecetd from roadside trees, secondary forests, evergreen forests, a dry dipterocarp forest, a bamboo scrub, a mangrove forest and lower montane rainforests, between 3 and 610 m, indicating a wide ecological tolerance.   
 Remarks:—This species is very well characterized in having caesiella -morph lirellae an in producing protocetraric acid. No other species is known on a world basis with these characters.   
 Material from Thailand examined:— Chiang Rai province: Chiang Saen district, tambon Mae Ngen, trail from the road to Wang Than Tong Waterfall, on roadside trees, 430 m, 20°18’22’’ N, 100°16’14’’ E, 9 December 2016, J. & K. Kalb s.n. (hb. K. & J. Kalb 41926); dito, Mae Fa Luang district, tambon Mae Fa Luang, road from Doi Messalong to Doi Tung, on bark of an unidentified tree, in a secondary forest, 610 m, 20°14’11’’ N, 99°46’26’’ E, 5 December 2016, J. & K. Kalb s.n. (hb. K. & J. Kalb 41728, 41730, 41748); dito, Mae Chan district, tambon Pa Tueng, at the edge of an evergreen forest, 480 m, 20°06’30’’ N, 99°46’19’’ E, 6 December 2016, J. & K. Kalb s.n. (hb. K. & J. Kalb 41858, 41909)— Chiang Mai province, Mae Rim district, in a dry dipterocarp forest along Huay Tueng Tao Reservoir, ca. 6 km NNW of Chiang Mai, 18°52’11’’ N, 98°56’28’’ E, 360 m, 16 March 2008, K. Kalb, K. Buaruang & S. Jariangprasert s. n. (hb. K. Kalb 37115)— Kanchanaburi province: Sangkhlaburi district, parking area of Wat Wang Wiwegkaram (Wat Mon), in a light decidious forest, 210 m, 15°07’55’’ N, 98°26’48’’ E, 17 December 2015, J. Sutjaritturakan & K. Kalb s.n. (hb. K. & J. Kalb 41385, 41390); dito, Thong Pha Phum district, tambon Takanun, Kroeng Krawia Forest Park and Education Center, on roadside trees along Road # 323, 200 m, 14°50’23’’ N, 98°39’48’’ E, 16 December 2015, J. Sutjaritturakan & K. Kalb s.n. (hb. K. & J. Kalb 41350, 41351)— Ratchaburi province: Suan Phueng district, tambon Suan Phueng, trail to Khao Jone Waterfall, bamboo scrub along a creek, 250 m, 13°31’31’’ N, 99°14’24’’ E, 11 December 2015, J. Sutjaritturakan & K. Kalb s.n. (hb. K. & J. Kalb 41313)— Phetchaburi province: Kaeng Krachan district, on roadside trees along the road to Kaengkrachan National Park, 145 m, 12°49’54’’ N, 99°38’01’’ E, 8 December 2015, J. Sutjaritturakan & K. Kalb s.n. (hb. K. & J. Kalb 41258)— Trat province: Mueang district, Ban Pak Klong Num Chiew, in a ± disturbed mangrove forest, 3 m, 12°10’25’’ N, 102°28’37’’ E, 15 January 2012, K. Kalb, P. Mongkolsuk & M. Sodamuk s.n. (hb. K. Kalb 40895)— Chumphon province: Pathio district, tambon Chum Kho, surroundings of Tung Yoa Waterfall, in a light deciduous forest along a creek, 85 m, 10°46‘43‘‘ N, 99°18‘32‘‘ E, 20 December 2015, J. Sutjaritturakan & K. Kalb s.n. (hb. K. & J. Kalb 41369, 41371, 41426)— Ranong province: Pungaban Waterfall at Phetkasem Road (Road #4), ca. 25 km NNE of Ranong City, parking area oppisite of the waterfall on freestanding deciduous trees, 95 m, 10°03’56’’ N, 98°40’10’’ E, 6 June 2015, J. Sutjaritturakan & K. Kalb s.n. (hb. K. Kalb 41474, 41476)— Phang-gna province: Takua Pa district, tambon Bang Muang, ca. 25 km N of Khao Lak, Park of Ban Nam Khem Tsunami Memorial Center, on Plumeria sp., 6 m, 9 June 2015, J. Sutjaritturakan & K. Kalb s.n. (hb. K. Kalb 41512).
description: Published as part of Kalb, Jutarat, Lücking, Robert & Kalb, Klaus, 2018, The lichen genera Allographa and Graphis (Ascomycota: Ostropales, Graphidaceae) in Thailand-eleven new species, forty-seven new records and a key to all one hundred and fifteen species so far recorded for the country, pp. 448-450 in Phytotaxa 377 (1) on pages 448-450, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.377.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13728852