Name:		Graphis elegans Ach., (1814) page 85
Basionym:		Opegrapha elegans Borrer ex Sm.
Status:		Species, lichen-forming
Taxonomic position:		Graphis Adans. [Genus] Graphidaceae Dumort. [Family] Ostropales Nannf. [Order] Ostropomycetidae Reeb, Lutzoni & Cl. Roux [Subclass] Lecanoromycetes O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Class] Pezizomycotina O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Subdivision / Subphylum] Ascomycota Caval.-Sm. [Division / Phylum] Fungi R.T. Moore [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Subspecific taxa Graphis elegans forma albocincta Erichsen Graphis elegans forma coacervata Leight. Graphis elegans forma elegans Graphis elegans forma erumpens de Lesd. Graphis elegans forma flexuosa de Lesd. Graphis elegans forma parallela (Schaer.) Nyl. Graphis elegans forma simplex de Lesd. Graphis elegans forma simplicior Cromb. ex W. Johnson Graphis elegans forma stellata Leight.
Catalogue data:		Zahlbruckner, Catalogus Universalis Lichenum 2: 304, Zahlbruckner, Catalogus Universalis Lichenum 8: 202
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index Biological Records Database (30 records)
Links:		Fungal Databases [Systematic Botany and Mycology, USDA] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] Index Fungorum Landcare [New Zealand] Mycobank New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Fungus Dried Reference Collection]