Anomalographis

{{Short description|Genus of lichen-forming fungi}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Use Oxford spelling|date=June 2025}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Anomalographis | authority = [[Klaus Kalb|Kalb]] (1992) | type_species = ''Anomalographis madeirensis'' | type_species_authority = ([[Tav.]]) Kalb (1992) | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = ''[[Anomalographis madeirensis|A. madeirensis]]''<br/> ''[[Anomalographis tulliensis|A. tulliensis]]'' }}

'''''Anomalographis''''' is a [[genus]] of two species of [[lichen]]-forming [[fungi]] in the family [[Graphidaceae]].<ref name="Wijayawardene et al. 2020"/><ref name="CoL_WS3"/> These lichens form pale grey to yellow-brown [[crustose lichen|crusts]] and are characterized by elongated, slit-like [[fruiting bodies]] containing very small [[spore]]s divided by a single [[septum|internal wall]]. One species grows on shaded [[volcanic rock]] faces in [[Madeira]], while the other was discovered growing on tree bases in northeastern [[Queensland]] rainforest, showing the genus can [[colonisation (biology)|colonize]] both rock and bark surfaces in humid, shaded environments.

==Taxonomy==

''Anomalographis'' was [[circumscription (taxonomy)|circumscribed]] by the German lichenologist [[Klaus Kalb]] in 1992. He assigned ''[[Anomalographis madeirensis|A. madeirensis]]'' as the [[type species|type]], and at the time, only species in the genus.<ref name="Kalb & Hafellner 1992"/> An additional species newly described from Australia was added to ''Anomalographis'' in 2013.<ref name="Archer & Elix 2013"/>

==Description==

''Anomalographis'' comprises two species that share a pale grey- to yellow-brown crust ([[thallus]]) lacking a {{lichengloss|cortex}} and bearing {{lichengloss|lirelliform}} fruiting bodies with a pale, non-{{lichengloss|carbonised}} {{lichengloss|excipulum}}. The {{lichengloss|hymenium}} is clear and non-{{lichengloss|inspersed}}, and the ''[[Graphis (lichen)|Graphis]]''-type [[ascus|asci]] contain eight [[hyaline]], I–, 1-septate [[ascospore]]s. ''A. madeirensis'' has a smooth, crystal-dusted surface, contains [[norstictic acid]], and produces spores 8–11 μm long, whereas the newly described ''A. tulliensis'' forms a finely sorediate bark-dwelling crust, lacks detectable [[lichen product]]s, and has slightly smaller spores (6–8 × 3–4 μm).<ref name="Lücking & Rivas Plata 2008"/><ref name="Archer & Elix 2013"/>

Superficially similar genera such as ''[[Acanthothecis]]'', ''[[Anomomorpha]]'', ''[[Carbacanthographis]]'', ''[[Fissurina]]'' and ''[[Gymnographopsis]]'' differ by some combination of {{lichengloss|inspersion}}, {{lichengloss|muriform}} or iodine-positive spores, or fully {{lichengloss|carbonised}} exciples; the coexistence of a clear hymenium, pale excipulum and very small, thin-walled, I–, 1-septate spores is diagnostic for ''Anomalographis''.<ref name="Lücking & Rivas Plata 2008"/>

==Ecology==

''Anomalographis madeirensis'' is [[saxicolous lichen|saxicolous]], occupying shaded [[volcanic rock]] faces on [[Madeira]], whereas ''A. tulliensis'' grows on the bases of trees in [[submontane]] rainforest at about 620 m in north-eastern Queensland; the latter record extends the genus to Australia and confirms its ability to [[colonisation (biology)|colonise]] both bark and rock in humid, shaded habitats.<ref name="Archer & Elix 2013"/>

==References== {{Reflist|refs=

<ref name="Archer & Elix 2013">{{cite journal |last1=Archer |first1=Alan W. |last2=Elix |first2=John A. |year=2013 |title=''Anomalographis tulliensis'', a new species in the Australian Graphidaceae |journal=Australasian Lichenology |volume=73 |pages=10–11 |url=https://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/lichenlist/AL_73.pdf}}</ref>

<ref name="CoL_WS3">{{Catalogue of Life |id=WS3 |title=''Anomalographis'' |access-date=18 June 2025}}</ref>

<ref name="Kalb & Hafellner 1992">{{cite journal |last1=Kalb |first1=K. |last2=Hafellner |first2=J. |year=1992 |title=Bemerkenswerte Flechten und lichenicole Pilze von der Insel Madeira |trans-title=Remarkable lichens and lichenicolous fungi from the island of Madeira |journal=Herzogia |volume=9 |issue=1–2 |pages=45–102 |doi=10.1127/herzogia/9/1992/45 |bibcode=1992Herz....9...45K |language=de}}</ref>

<ref name="Lücking & Rivas Plata 2008">{{cite journal |last1=Lücking |first1=Robert |last2=Rivas Plata |first2=Eimy |year=2008 |title=Clave y guía ilustrada para géneros de Graphidaceae |trans-title=Key and illustrated guide to genera of Graphidaceae |journal=GLALIA |language=es |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=1–39 |url=https://archive.org/details/2008_Glalia_1_1}}</ref>

<ref name="Wijayawardene et al. 2020">{{cite journal |display-authors=6 |last1=Wijayawardene |first1=Nalin |last2=Hyde |first2=Kevin |first3=LKT |last3=Al-Ani |last4=S |first4=Dolatabadi |last5=Stadler |first5=Marc |last6=Haelewaters |first6=Danny |last7=Tsurykau |first7=Andrei |last8=Mesic |first8=Armin |last9=Navathe |first9=Sudhir |last10=Papp |first10=Viktor |last11=Oliveira Fiuza |first11=Patrícia |last12=Vázquez |first12=Víctor |last13=Gautam |first13=Ajay |last14=Becerra |first14=Alejandra G. |last15=Ekanayaka |first15=Anusha |last16=K. C. |first16=Rajeshkumar |last17=Bezerra |first17=Jadson |last18=Matočec |first18=Neven |last19=Maharachchikumbura |first19=Sajeewa |last20=Suetrong |first20=Satinee |year=2020 |title=Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa |journal=Mycosphere |volume=11 |pages=1060–1456 |doi=10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8 |doi-access=free|hdl=10481/61998 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> }}

[[Category:Graphidaceae]] [[Category:Lichen genera]] [[Category:Graphidales genera]] [[Category:Taxa named by Klaus Kalb]] [[Category:Taxa described in 1992]]