Most Graphidaceae species are epiphytic ( i . e . they grow only on plants ).
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It is in the family Graphidaceae.
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Hale also widely collected and described crustose lichens in the Graphidaceae and Thelotremataceae ( now synonymized with Graphidaceae ).
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Hale also widely collected and described crustose lichens in the Graphidaceae and Thelotremataceae ( now synonymized with Graphidaceae ).
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In general the fungal species that partner in lichens cannot live on their own, while the algal species is often found living in nature without the fungus . " Trentepohlia " is a filamentous green alga that can live independently on humid soil, rocks or tree bark or form the photosymbiont in lichens of the family Graphidaceae.