Script lichen

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A '''script lichen''', or '''graphid lichen''', is a member of a group of lichens which have spore producing structures that look like writing on the lichen body.<ref name=WIL>[https://www.anbg.gov.au/lichen/what-is-lichen.html What is a lichen?, Australian National Botanical Garden]</ref> The structures are elongated and narrow apothecia called '''lirellae''', which look like short scribbles on the thallus.<ref name=WIL/> "Graphid" is derived from Greek for "writing". An example is ''Halegrapha mucronata''.<ref name=WIL/>

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