Galapagos Species Database
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Roccellographa circumscripta
Peter James' lichen
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Arthoniomycetes
Order
Arthoniales
Family
Roccellographaceae
Genus
Roccellographa
Species
circumscripta
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Sclerophytonomyces circumscripti Cif. & Tomas.; Sclerophyton cricumscriptum (Taylor) Zahlbr., Peterjamesia circumscripta (Taylor) D. Hawksw.
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Aptroot, A. Sparrius, L.B. (2008) Crustose Roccellaceae in the Galapagos Islands, with the new species Schismatomma spierii. The Bryologist 111(4): 659-666.
- Ertz, D. Tehler, A. (2010) The phylogeny of Arthoniales (Pezizomycotina) inferred from nucLSU and RPB2 sequences Fungal Diversity DOI 10.1007/s13225-010-0080-y
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"Galapagos Species Database, Roccellographa circumscripta", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=17460. Accessed 1 November 2026.