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Diploschistes badius Lumbsch & Elix

lichen con crateres, Brown crater lichen

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Fungi

Phylum
Ascomycota

Class
Lecanoromycetes

Order
Ostropales

Family
Graphidaceae

Genus
Diploschistes

Species
badius

Taxon category: Accepted

F. Bungartz: previously misidentified as D. aeneus, but material contains gyrophoric acid

Origin: Native

Status

Data deficient

Distribution

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

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"Galapagos Species Database, Diploschistes badius", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=15378. Accessed 6 November 2026.