Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Astrothelium variolosum
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Eurotiomycetes
Order
Pyrenulales
Family
Trypetheliaceae
Genus
Astrothelium
Species
variolosum
Taxon category: Accepted
F. Bungartz & R. Miranda: According to Harris (1995) Trypethelium ochroleucum and Astrothelium variosolum are identical in all characters but their stromata formation; Trypethelium nitidiusculum is identical to Trypothelium ochroleucum in all characters but the presence of lichexanthone. According to Aptroot et al. (2016) all three species are distinct and treated in the genus Astrothelium.
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Aptroot, A. Cácares, M.E., Johnston, M.K., Lücking, R. (2016) Index to scientific names and nomenclatural checklist of Trypetheliaceae The Lichenologist 48(6): 995–1011
- Harris, R.C. (1995) More Florida Lichens, including the 10 cent tour of the pyrenolichens, a twenty year perspective. New York Botanical Garden, Bronx (published by the author), 182 pp.
- Kirk, P. (ed.) (2010) Index Fungorum. CABI Bioscience, CBS and Landcare Research, available online at www.indexfungorum.org.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Astrothelium variolosum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=15586. Accessed 5 November 2026.