Galapagos Species Database
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Cryptothecia darwiniana
liquen peludo de Darwin, Darwin's furry lichen
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Arthoniomycetes
Order
Arthoniales
Family
Arthoniaceae
Genus
Cryptothecia
Species
darwiniana
Taxon category: Accepted
F. Bungartz: originally described from Galapagos, assumed to be endemic; Ertz et al. (2015) report the species from Bolivia
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Bungartz, F. Dután-Patiño, V.L., Elix, J.A. (2013) The lichen genera Cryptothecia, Herpothallon and Helminthocarpon (Arthoniales) in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador The Lichenologist 45(6): 739-762.
- 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
- Ertz, D. Flakus, A., Oset. M., Sipman, H.J.M. & Kukwa, M. (2015) A first assessment of lichenized Arthoniales in Bolivia with descriptions of two new species Phytotaxa 217(1): 001–025
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"Galapagos Species Database, Cryptothecia darwiniana", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=17822. Accessed 28 June 2025.