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Chapsa

Fungi

Family: Graphidaceae

52 species in the Library

About

Chapsa is a genus of lichens in the family Graphidaceae. These lichens form thin, grey-whitish to pale olive crusts on tree bark and are characterized by fruiting bodies that start as slits but expand into round to angular discs level with the surface, each bordered by a pale rim. The genus has a pantropical to warm-temperate distribution, growing on shaded bark in humid lowland or foothill rainforests, with over 60 species that often serve as indicators of undisturbed forest habitats.

Summary from Wikipedia

Chapsa albida

Chapsa albida

Chapsa alborosella

Chapsa alborosella

Chapsa alletii

Chapsa alletii

Chapsa angustispora

Chapsa angustispora

Chapsa boninensis

Chapsa boninensis

Chapsa canaimae

Chapsa canaimae

Chapsa chionostoma

Chapsa chionostoma

Chapsa cinchonarum

Chapsa cinchonarum

Chapsa defecta

Chapsa defecta

Chapsa defectosorediata

Chapsa defectosorediata

Chapsa diploschistoides

Chapsa diploschistoides

Chapsa discoides

Chapsa discoides

Chapsa dissuta

Chapsa dissuta

Chapsa eitenii

Chapsa eitenii

Chapsa elabens

Chapsa elabens

Chapsa farinosa

Chapsa farinosa

Chapsa francisci

Chapsa francisci

Chapsa granulifera

Chapsa granulifera

Chapsa halei

Chapsa halei

Chapsa hiata

Chapsa hiata

Chapsa hypoconstictica

Chapsa hypoconstictica

Chapsa imperfecta

Chapsa imperfecta

Chapsa indica

Chapsa indica

Chapsa inspersa

Chapsa inspersa

Chapsa isidiata

Chapsa isidiata

Chapsa laemensis

Chapsa laemensis

Chapsa leprocarpa

Chapsa leprocarpa

Chapsa meghalayensis

Chapsa meghalayensis

Chapsa microspora

Chapsa microspora

Chapsa multicarpa

Chapsa multicarpa

Chapsa murielongata

Chapsa murielongata

Chapsa neei

Chapsa neei

Chapsa niveocarpa

Chapsa niveocarpa

Chapsa nubila

Chapsa nubila

Chapsa pallidella

Chapsa pallidella

Chapsa paralbida

Chapsa paralbida

Chapsa patens

Chapsa patens

Chapsa perdissuta

Chapsa perdissuta

Chapsa pulchella

Chapsa pulchella

Chapsa pulchra

Chapsa pulchra

Chapsa referta

Chapsa referta

Chapsa rubropruinosa

Chapsa rubropruinosa

Chapsa rubropulveracea

Chapsa rubropulveracea

Chapsa scabiocarpa

Chapsa scabiocarpa

Chapsa scabiomarginata

Chapsa scabiomarginata

Chapsa sorediata

Chapsa sorediata

Chapsa sublilacina

Chapsa sublilacina

Chapsa subsorediata

Chapsa subsorediata

Chapsa thallotrema

Chapsa thallotrema

Chapsa thambapanni

Chapsa thambapanni

Chapsa tibellii

Chapsa tibellii

Chapsa wijeyaratniana

Chapsa wijeyaratniana