Script Lichen - Graphis scripta
A thin, smooth, pale crust with prominent, long, very narrow, curved, often forked apothecia with a grey hymenium and raised, black, unfurrowed margins.
Generally the commonest of a group of very similar species, including species of Graphina and Phaeographis that require microscopic examination for certain identification.
On smooth bark.
All year round.
Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
David Nicholls
Ratby, Wirlybones Wood
28 April 2022
Melinda Bell
Market Bosworth CountryPark
17 January 2022
Melinda Bell
Willesley Wood
09 January 2022
on living tree
Melinda Bell
Felicity's Wood, off Dean's Lane, Woodhouse
04 January 2022
Melinda Bell
Felicity's Wood, off Dean's Lane, Woodhouse
04 January 2022
martindgrimes
Burley Wood (private)
30 April 2017
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Species profile
- Common names
- Script Lichen
- Species group:
- Lichens
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Ostropales
- Family:
- Graphidaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 8
- First record:
- 07/04/2017 (lemmon, roy)
- Last record:
- 28/04/2022 (Nicholls, David)
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Melinda Bell
Willesley Wood
09 January 2022
Melinda Bell
Willesley Wood
09 January 2022
on felled tree
