Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Septotrapelia usnica
liquen de polvo, liquen de lepra, Dust lichen, leprosy lichen
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Pilocarpaceae
Genus
Septotrapelia
Species
usnica
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: L. usnica Sipman, Nelsenium usnicum (Sipman) Lendemer & Hodkinson
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Bungartz, F. Hillmann, G., Kalb, K., Elix, J.A. (2013) Leprose and Leproid Lichens of the Galapagos with a particular focus on Lepraria (Stereocaulaceae) and Septotrapelia (Pilocarpaceae) Phytotaxa 150(1): 1-28
- Lendemer, J.C. Hodkinson, B.P. (2013) A radical shift in the taxonomy of Lepraria s.l.: Molecular and morphological studies shed new light on the evolution of asexuality and lichen growth form diversification Mycologia doi:10.3852/12-338
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"Galapagos Species Database, Septotrapelia usnica", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=17581. Accessed 3 November 2026.