Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Porina conspersa Malme

liquen con granos faciales, Pimple lichen

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Fungi

Phylum
Ascomycota

Class
Lecanoromycetes

Order
Ostropales

Family
Porinaceae

Genus
Porina

Species
conspersa

Taxon category: Accepted

F. Bungartz & R. Miranda: only one single fertile specimen in CDS, all others sterile and thus referred to P. distans (according to Lücking 2008).

Origin: Native

Status

Data deficient

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • Kirk, P. (ed.) (2010) Index Fungorum. CABI Bioscience, CBS and Landcare Research, available online at www.indexfungorum.org.
  • Lücking, R. (2008) Foliicolous lichenized fungi. Flora Neotropica 103: 1-866.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Porina conspersa", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12205. Accessed 3 November 2026.