| Glyphis scyphulifera | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Graphidales |
| Family: | Graphidaceae |
| Genus: | Glyphis |
| Species: | G. scyphulifera |
| Binomial name | |
| Glyphis scyphulifera | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Glyphis scyphulifera is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Graphidaceae. [2] It was first formally described as a new species in 1814 by the Swedish lichenologist Erik Acharius, who classified it in the genus Lecidea . [3] William Nylander proposed to transfer the taxon to the genus Gyrostomum in 1862, [4] and then later (1866) to Thelotrema . [5] Bettina Staiger reclassified it in Glyphis in 2002, as part of a large-scale restructuring of the Graphidaceae. [6]
Some species of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) fungi are known to use Glyphis scyphulifera as a host. These include Tremella wedinii and Lawreya glyphidiphila . [7]
