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Graphis scripta

Common Script Lichen

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Bishop specimens

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Type specimens

1854

First collected

1930

Last collected

2023

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

Two centuries of collecting

1850s1930s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1854 by Wagner, W.H. (Gemeine Schriftflechte). The Museum last collected it in 1930; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as December 24, 2023.

From the collection

Graphis scripta, 806145

Alive today

3 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.